The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 768 Tower Mountain
The first day of the first month of the second year of Hanxing.

At the foot of Bijia Mountain, more than 50 miles south of Jinzhou.

This place is already out of the radiation range of the wooden track, but under the overtime construction of Ming craftsmen, it is estimated that the wooden track will be able to reach here in half a month.

It was getting dark, and smoke was rising from the camp of the Ming army.

The generals who had just finished the staff meeting came out in twos and threes from the large tent of the Chinese army, and suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps approaching, as if a large group of people had arrived.

Li Dingguo looked up, and the banner in front of the team he saw first said "Wayi", which was the first battalion of the Japanese army that Huashan had guarded for a long time.

He remembered that a few days ago someone mentioned that there were Japanese soldiers coming to fight, and he couldn't help laughing: "Why are these Japanese soldiers so short and thin?"

Deng Shan on the side also took a look, and continued: "I saw them when I was in Laizhou Port, and they were thinner than this. They have gained weight in recent days."

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "So weak, I'm afraid it's useless on the battlefield."

"General Li doesn't know something. Although the Japanese are thin and weak, they are ruthless. They are good at fighting for their lives. It is better than nothing."

"With my tens of thousands of Ming field troops, the captives are no more than chickens and dogs, but I don't know why the Holy One sent Japanese people to Liaodong, just to waste food and grass."

Deng Shan also shook his head.

How did the two of them know Zhu Linming's deep meaning—to send Japanese soldiers to participate in the war, and they didn't count on their combat power at all. good foundation.

Of course, these Japanese soldiers can fight some battles more or less, and they are much better than Korean soldiers.In addition, the Japanese soldiers are not their own, and they don't feel bad when they die. Even if they can reduce the casualties of a Ming soldier because of their participation in the war, it is worth it.

Then another team with the banner of "Chaomin" passed by.

"Second brother, are these Korean soldiers?" Liu Wenxiu approached and said, "Oh, there are quite a few people, maybe two or three thousand."

Deng Shan continued: "Looking at the banner, it should be Li Zhen's man. Min Chengxiao is the general. It seems that [-] soldiers have come."

Li Dingguo has no foundation in the court, and the news is not very well-informed. He wondered at the moment: "I heard that North Korea's Li Ying and Li Yingzheng are vying for the throne, why can they send so many people to Liaodong?"

Deng Shan laughed and said, "General Li doesn't know something, but Li Zhen has been seriously ill recently, and he is about to lose to Li Ying."

Liu Wenxiu was even more surprised, "Since the decline is declining, shouldn't it be even more difficult to hold on, so why divide the troops?"

Deng Shandao: "Li Ji is putting all his eggs in one basket. General Liu thought, if Li Ying sent troops to attack him when he was helping Liaodong, wouldn't he be demolishing Ming Dynasty?

"Li Zhen has to rely on the 3000 soldiers of the Zhongzhen Camp stationed in the court for protection. The more he tries his best in Liaodong, the more Li Ying dare not do anything."

He was right in the slightest, Li Ying got Jin Shangxian's advice and sent the most elite imperial army to Liaodong, just to please Daming.He originally planned to send 4000 men and horses, but later reduced to 500 due to shortage of food and wages.

On the other side, Li Ying saw this and knew that he couldn't do it at this time, and he didn't want Li Zhen's side to show favor to Daming, so he also sent more than a thousand people to Liaodong to participate in the battle.

Just as they were talking, someone behind them laughed and said, "What are you talking about? You don't even have time to eat."

When they heard the familiar voice, they hurriedly turned around, stood at attention and saluted, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Then Deng Shan said again: "Your Majesty, the last general and others are looking at reinforcements from all walks of life."

"It's not counted as reinforcements, and the Ming Field Army doesn't need them to help." Zhu Linmi corrected, "The official name should be the Servant Army."

"Yes." Several people responded in unison.

Liu Wenxiu immediately discovered the "New World", pointed to the distance and said, "Huh? There are still Kunlun slaves?"

At that time, there were already many black people living in Daming, most of whom were guards or servants, and Ming people called them Kunlun slaves.

Zhang Jiayu said: "Ah, this is the slave army from the colonies of Australia and Guinea. Most of them are Australian soldiers, there are nearly 500 people."

Zhu Linmi also followed Liu Wenxiu's expectations, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.He is well aware of the quality of the Australian natives. In the past half a year, it is not easy to train those natives into combat-prohibited soldiers.

He turned to Zhang Jiayu and said, "That Lin Yaocen has done a good job. Xiaoquanzhou, Xiaojianning, and Nanfan, in just a few months, Australia has built three walled cities. By the way, it is said that [-]% of the meat needed for the Northern Expedition Most of them were sent from him.”

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Australia will provide the army with [-] catties of kangaroo meat and [-] catties of fish every month."

"It seems that it was right to build a canning factory over there." Zhu Linmei nodded, "The kangaroo meat was shipped all the way, and the selling price is almost the same as that of Shandong pork. In the future, we should build a glass factory over there." , the meat price can be lowered by another [-]%.

"Speaking of which, Sun Fu, the former Governor-General of Australia, has been plagued by epidemics, so it's not appropriate that there is always no Governor-General there. Why don't you just give Lin Yaocen the post of Governor-General."

Zhang Jiayu's heart skipped a beat, Lin Yaocen had only been a Jinshi for more than half a year, and was about to be promoted to a fifth-rank official, His Majesty really only uses talents.

After the [-] Mongolian cavalry sent by Teng Jisi from Chahar passed by, Zhu Linmi was about to enter the tent to eat, when she saw Zhao Shichao coming on horseback, she cupped her hands and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the horses will return, and the captives are in front." Fortify the Tashan area ten miles away, although the exact strength of the troops is not yet known, but it is always around three to five thousand."

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "I didn't probe carefully enough before, so I just found out..."

On the side, Deng Shan said indifferently: "If there are tens of thousands of thieves, we need to prepare and deploy them. But if there are thousands of thieves, I can defeat them in a day if I lead my troops."

No wonder he is so confident, now that his Polu camp has all kinds of elite weapons, all new type I infantry guns, plate armor and breastplate, combined with the artillery battalion, there is really no pressure to deal with three or five thousand Jianlu .

Zhao Shichao said solemnly: "General Deng doesn't know something. The detectives just found out that the captives built a watchtower on the eastern slope of Baitai and Yushan, but it's quite strange."

He then handed the paper in his hand to Zhang Jiayu, "My lord, this is the captive watchtower drawn by Tan Ma."

Several people looked at the paper together, and they were all taken aback—a pentagonal building is located on the mountainside, with two layers of walls inside and outside, low on the outside and high on the inside, with a "battlement" at each of the five corners. Cannons were placed on it.

It is indeed a bastion!
Although Tashan is called a mountain, it is actually a narrow depression, which is the only way to go north to Jinzhou.These two bastions clamp Tashan on the left and the right. If the Ming army passes through here, it will be bombarded by the bastions on both sides.

Under the influence of Zhu Linmi, Zhang Jiayu also did some research on the bastions, so he squinted his eyes and shook his head, saying, "If Tanma's drawing is correct, then there is something wrong with the construction of the bastions. Things like here, and here, are on both sides. Only the guards at the top of the city can defend against the blind spot of the cannons..."

(End of this chapter)