My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 209 Recovering Lost Ground

"The city is broken!"

With a loud shout, the Ming army crossed the river and poured into the Tucheng from the west of Fanhesuo City.

Six thousand soldiers and horses from Jingwu Camp came out together, and they were equipped with more than 200 artillery pieces.

Fanhesuo, a small earthen city built along the bend of the river, was destroyed in one blow.

By the time Jiang Bi led his rear army into the city, the resistance forces in the city had been eliminated.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Panhe Station has been captured. 467 Jiannu were beheaded and 232 were captured. In addition, there were 649 Han slaves."

Arriving in front of Jiang Bi, Jiang Wen handed over his hand to report.

"Is there anyone important?"

Jiang Bi asked after waving his hand to indicate that the other party did not need to be polite.

"Back to General, no."

Hearing this, Jiang Wen shrugged helplessly.

"According to the confidant of a slave-building leader who was captured alive, they are all abandoned sons used to stop our army from moving north. As long as they hold on for more than three days, their families will receive heavy rewards."

"Three days? Jiannu really looked down upon our Ming army."

Hearing this, Jiang Bi grinded his teeth with a mocking look on his face.

After a few fights with the most useless Liao army, Jian Nu felt that he was capable.

The important nine-border town of Ming Dynasty is divided into four series.

Liaodong Town calls itself a line, called the Liao Army.

The three towns of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi are part of the same system and can barely be called the Jin Army.

The four towns of Yansui, Ningxia, Guyuan and Gansu formed a series and were called the Western Army.

Jizhou is located in the north of Beijing and is the gateway to Beijing. It is called Hebei Army.

With the five major campaigns of Wanli, armies were mobilized throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Gradually, there was a realization among the military.

Among the Liao army, only Li Rusong, the son of Li Chengliang, can be called a strong general.

Others, including Li Chengliang, are idiots.

Among the five large-scale military battles, the performance of the Liao army was the most embarrassing.

Especially in the previous battle of Sarhu, Li Rubai led the Liao army with a poor performance, which could be said to have completely disgraced the Ming army.

"Among the slave prisoners, those with injuries were executed on the spot, and the others were sent to Fushun."

After waving to Jiang Wen, Jiang Bi gave the order.

"As for those men, give them food and grass, and send fifty people to Liaoyang."

"Yes!"

After hearing this, Jiang Wen handed over his hand and went down to deliver the order.

The news revealed by Fanhe quickly spread southward to the ears of Xiong Tingbi, who was leading the army stationed at Fushun Pass.

"Okay! We won the first battle and recaptured Fanhe. Jiang Bi should be credited with a meritorious service."

Fushun Gate, Xiong Tingbi, who was patrolling the gate, patted the gate wall and sighed.

"Congratulations, Manager!"

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, the generals following him quickly raised their hands and congratulated him.

After waving to everyone, Xiong Tingbi arrived seriously.

"Send orders to You Shigong, Hou Shilu, Zhu Wanliang and other troops to move north and cooperate with Jiang Bi to recover the passes and forts in Tieling!"

"Other armies, organize your troops carefully and be on guard against Jian Nu and his dog jumping over the wall to attack Fushun!"

"Yes!"

In the pre-war meeting, the strategy of recovering Tieling had already been decided, and the generals immediately surrendered without objection.

Following Xiong Tingbi's order, the various units of the Liaodong Ming Army, which had been reorganized for a month, began to move one after another, gradually recovering the lost territory occupied by the Jiannu.

The 40,000 Ming troops led by You Shigong, Hou Shilu, and Zhu Wanliang followed in the footsteps of forward Jiang Bi and began to move north.

At the same time, Amin, who was stationed in Tieling City, looked livid.

He also received the news that Fanhe Station was broken within half a day.

"waste!"

Looking at Wu Lei and others kneeling in front of him, Amin waved his hand and said to the people around him.

"Pull them out and give each of them fifty lashes!"

"Shabele, spare your life!"

"Shabele, spare your life!"

Hearing Amin mention the punishment measures, Wu Lei and others who were kneeling on the ground quickly kowtowed and thanked him.

After waving his hand for the soldiers to pull out the few people who had retreated from Panhe Fort, Amin turned around in the room with a gloomy face.

White, yellow, red and blue, with blue being the lowest.

The main flag, the sided flag, the sided flag is the lowest.

He, the one with the blue flag, is the most disliked among the Eight Banners.

Damn it, back then his father Shuerhaqi said that he could not fall out with Ming Dynasty, he could not fall out with Ming Dynasty.

As a result, this uncle insisted on turning his back.

Even though they had won several games against Ming Dynasty before, what about now?

The people of the Ming Dynasty were much larger than their so-called Hou Jin.

Ming Dynasty can lose several times, but Daikin cannot afford to lose even once.

Since Xiong Manzi arrived in Liaodong, they have never won against the Ming army, not even once.

No, there was a big defeat in February this year, and now we are completely passive.

Now, Amin has to consider how to preserve his power.

Amin had never thought about betraying Dajin.

There was a reward for his head in the Ming Dynasty. If you lead people to surrender at this time, I am afraid that the generals of the Ming army will change hands and exchange his head for money with the Ming Dynasty emperor.

Besides, what good would surrendering to the Ming Dynasty do to him?

He had heard about the hard times his uncle and his father had when they were serving as errands under Li Chengliang.

After enjoying the scenery of having tens of thousands of people under his command, he would rather live in the ravines of the north and be a mountain king than go to the Ming Dynasty and be a dog for others.

Starting a business with Houjin is almost like doing business in partnership.

The two brothers Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi are the major shareholders, and the five auxiliary ministers are small shareholders.

Nurhachi was able to kick Shuerhaqi out of the board of directors because of two factors.

One is the prestige when integrating the Jurchens.

The other one is that Shuerhaqi favors the Ming Dynasty.

But now, after the coaching change in the Ming Dynasty, Nurhaci led everyone to three consecutive defeats.

If people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead this team.

A flash of light flashed in Amin's eyes when he thought of his half-brother Jierhalang who was still under Nurha's bare knees.

"Send a message to the forts to immediately withdraw their troops to Tieling according to the plan."

"Yes, Belle!"

After hearing Amin's words, someone immediately went to the castles to deliver the message.

"No matter what, we will retreat to Kaiyuan first, and then we will decide whether to retreat to Ye He's tribe or return to the old village."

Looking at the leaving soldiers, Amin's eyes flashed with ambition.

"If I have a chance, if I kill Mang Gurtai, I can become the chief of the Yehe tribe."

Following Amin's order, the Jiannu garrison in the many forts north of Panhe Fort began to retreat towards Tieling City.

In contrast, almost all the towns and fortresses were burned down.

"These slave-building bastards!"

Outside Fu'an Fort, Hou Shilu's face turned livid as he looked at the city gate that was emitting black smoke.

"General, we have checked and there is no one in the city."

While Hou Shilu was waiting outside the city, Tan Ma, who went to investigate, reported back.

"No one?!"

After hearing Tan Ma's words, Hou Shilu's expression changed immediately, and an idea came to his mind.

"Jiannu wants to run away!"

Thinking of this, Hou Shilu turned to Hou Yong, the servant who was following behind him.

"Fourth Brother, you lead the servant team and chase in the direction to see if you can block the retreating army of Jiannu!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Yong immediately ordered his servants to head towards Tieling.

"The left army will stay at Fu'an Fort, and the remaining armies will follow my general to attack Tieling!" "Yes!"

As the Ming army began to move north, many forts such as Songjiabo Fort, Dingzipo Fort, Zengchi Fort, Chaihe Fort, Fu'an Fort, Huabaochong Fort, and Sanchaer Fort were recovered.

Finally, on April 25, the Ming army of 50,000 soldiers gathered at Tieling City.

"The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!"

As Jiang Bi's front army arrived at Tieling City, the Jiannu soldiers and horses in the city immediately started to move.

Standing on the top of the city, looking at the Ming army arrayed neatly outside the city, Amin had a few streaks of cold sweat on his forehead.

It’s different, so different.

The gap between the Ming army in front of us and the Ming army in Liaodong in the past is huge.

Just in terms of energy and spirit, it gives people a feeling that they are not easy to mess with.

"Have everyone evacuated?"

Holding his hands on the wall, Amin turned to look at his personal clothes and asked.

"Back to Baile, everyone who needs to leave has left. There are only 600 armored men and 3,000 coated men left in the city."

"Okay, Ben Beile will use this Tieling City to tell the bright dogs that I am not too hot to be a slave."

There was a strange light in his eyes, and Amin was even more tempted to carry out that act at this moment.

With the slight trembling of the ground under their feet, the Jianlu soldiers could clearly sense that the Ming cavalry was coming. After walking all night and experiencing such a big change, they were terrified. They held the swords and shields in their hands tightly, and under the command of Niulu Erzhen, they stood side by side, staring straight ahead.

"Are you going to leave or not? Are you going to die here?"

Looking at the heads popping up on top of the city, Jiang Bi had a sneer on his lips.

"Is the artillery battalion ready?"

"Return to the commander-in-chief, you are ready to launch bombing at any time!"

"Then give me a blast!"

Hearing this, Jiang Bi waved his hand towards Tieling City and ordered.

"Yes!"

As the small flag in the gunner's hand danced, a few seconds later, bursts of cannon fire rang out from the front of the Ming army's formation.

"Let the armored men go down to the top of the city. Only two hundred armored men will be left on the south wall, and five hundred will be left on the other three walls."

Seeing that the Ming army started shelling, Amin was not hesitant, and immediately turned around and walked down the city.

He had no interest in staying on top of the city and being bombarded.

"General Hou, do you want to lead someone to ambush him at the rear?"

Just when Jiang Bi launched his bombardment, three generals, You Shigong, Hou Shilu, and Zhu Wanliang, were gathering together behind his army formation to discuss strategies.

"Before setting off, we received a briefing order. If the slaves want to leave, let them leave. Our goal is to regain the lost ground and put stability first."

Hearing this, Hou Shilu waved his hand and said to the other two people.

"All armies must guard their camps and do not engage in idle battles!"

Xiong Tingbi governs the army with one word: strictness.

This time the army marched north, and the former army commander was Hou Shilu.

Thinking that they might have to face the punishment of beheading with the Shangfang Sword given by Wanli to Xiong Tingbi when they returned, the others did not dare to make a mistake and immediately handed it over.

"Yes!"

Just when Hou Shilu arranged for the troops to guard Jiang Bi's butt, another messenger came in.

"General, there is a letter from General Liang Zhongshan. His troops will arrive tomorrow."

"understood."

Hearing this, Hou Shilu waved his hand and told the ordering soldier to go down to rest, but he cursed Liang Zhongshan in his heart.

Follow the official road and walk twenty miles a day. Did you crawl over it?

Listening to the firing of cannons and looking at the iron mountain city in front of him, Hou Shilu felt a sense of gloom in his heart for some unknown reason.

Tieling City is not a fortress, but a large city built after Zhu Yuanzhang mobilized 50,000 people and built it for two years after the Northern Expedition.

In the past, the cities of Kaiyuan and Tieling were destroyed. It was because Jiannu had spies in the city and they were attacked from the inside out.

But now, if the Ming army wants to recover, even if it has more than 600 artillery pieces to help, it may take some time.

What's more, there are outsiders like the Five Inner Khalkha Tribes, the Horqin Tribe, and Jiannu.

The Ming army's main focus on regaining lost ground this time was stability.

Xiong Tingbi personally sat at Fushun Pass to contain the main force of the slave establishment and prevent the establishment slaves from going north.

After the Northern Expedition armies meet at the foot of Tieling City, they will no longer divide their forces to prevent them from being defeated individually again.

Regarding the actions of the Ming army outside the city, Amin in the city chose to sit and watch their performance, doing nothing but showing off beautifully.

His main force has withdrawn to Zhonggu City. If the Ming army intends to go north to block his retreat, they can go south at any time. After he leaves the city, they can join forces with him to attack the Ming army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At noon, after lunch, Amin gradually fell asleep listening to the sound of cannons coming from outside the city.

Keep in good health, keep in good health is very important.

The Ming army and the Jiannu were in a stalemate for five days at the foot of Tieling City.

"The city wall has been breached. Which of the generals is going to take the lead?"

Outside the city, looking at the two huge gaps blasted out on the south wall of Tieling, Hou Shilu looked at the generals in front of him and asked.

"The last general invites you to fight!"

After hearing Hou Shilu's words, a member of You Shigong's command named Liu Weiguo immediately stood up and spoke out.

"Okay, you lead our troops and siege equipment, and we will conquer Tieling first!"

Seeing You Shigong nodding, Hou Shilu ordered.

"Yes!"

As the general named Liu Weiguo led more than 2,000 men under his command and carried shield carts, ladders and other items out of the camp, the siege officially began.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As Liu Weiguo led his troops into battle, a burst of artillery fire was heard from the front-line artillery camp to embolden the soldiers.

Of course, this was also the last round of shelling.

The accuracy of the Ming Dynasty artillery was very poor, and it couldn't use artillery coordination, so it could only use artillery to blast the infantry charge.

His mind was a little confused by the vibration waves from the cannonballs hitting the city wall. Abukai just shook his head to calm himself down.

According to his experience, the Ming army's artillery fired volley after round, never more than five breaths before and after.

No longer hearing the roar of artillery fire, Abu Kai curiously popped his head out of the city wall, and then saw the scene of the Ming army attacking the city.

"The Ming army is coming!"

Upon seeing this, Abu Kai immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Armored men on the wall!"

At this moment, far behind the south wall, Amin had already climbed up and looked into the distance. From the gap created by the blast, he saw the Ming army starting to attack with siege equipment, and immediately gave the order.

"Why panic? Just hold on to your formation and don't panic!"

At the same time, on both sides of the breach in the city wall, Amin's confidant A Chuhun was holding a steel knife in his hand, commanding the armored men to prepare to block the breach at any time.

"Put them close and fight. Once engaged, Akito's artillery will not fire. When the time comes, the brothers will kill them."

"Those smart dogs are all eggless cowards, and they can bully us with their artillery. Face to face, one of my Daikin warriors can beat five of them!"

Just when Achuhun was emboldening the armored man, a creaking sound came from outside the city wall.

"kill!"

Upon hearing this, Achuhun immediately hit the steel knife with his hand and ordered.

Immediately, there were crossbowmen who had been prepared, shooting arrows from both sides of the gap.

However, all the arrows shot from the gap hit the thick wooden shields.

In order to regain Tieling, Xiong Tingbi had been making preparations for a long time and asked all armies to build various Wu Gang vehicles just to prepare for today.

I saw thick shields standing in front of each Wu Gang chariot, tightly protecting the Ming army behind them.

Achuhun was not surprised to see the arrow being blocked. They, Dajin, also knew this trick.

"kill!"

He waved his hand and immediately led the armored men to rush out, intending to have a head-on confrontation with the Ming army behind Wu Gang's car, a real man's showdown.

Anyway, after a head-on confrontation, the Ming army would not fire.

As for hand-to-hand combat, when have I, Daikin, been afraid of it?

However, Achuhun, who had just rushed down from the ruins, saw iron pipes only as big as a fist sticking out from the side of Wu Gang's car.

"Boiled!"

(End of this chapter)