Han ride

Chapter 340 The Death of the Yellow Dragon
But here Dorgon is very annoyed, but on Pidao, in the General Military Mansion, Huang Long and the others are full of excitement. Huang Long personally ordered people to prepare a banquet, and invited Zhao Guang and others to the banquet, which is on the top of the city The soldiers stationed there also gave each of them a bowl of wine to drive away the cold.

"When did my Phi Island become so prosperous?" Huanglong looked around and sighed softly: "When General Mao was here, although he was preparing for war in Huanglong, his income was very little, and many things were not supplied by the court. It can only be snatched from North Korea. At that time, gentlemen, not to mention drinking, even the military pay is not enough!"

All the people sitting here nodded their heads as they said something in one sentence, and they all remained silent, Zhang Cai's expression was even more complicated.He has been in Phi Island for so long, and he also knows some things about Phi Island before.To be honest, after Li Xin's arrangement in Phi Island, Phi Island has the scale it is today, with [-] cavalry and thousands of infantry.The defense of Phi Island is like an iron pass.These are all piled up with money, and the court will not give money.Perhaps, in the eyes of the imperial court, Phi Island has been abandoned.To be honest, although Mao Wenlong achieved great prestige in Pidao back then, it didn't last long. This man was rebellious, no wonder he was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, but thinking about his rebelliousness, he was also forced by reality. Money and food, how to maintain the operation of Phi Island, so he can only grab it, he can only find others to ask for it.This created his character, and also paved the way for his murder.

"If this battle continues like this, Dorgon will definitely retreat." Li Weiluan laughed loudly and said, "I have never been so happy before. I heard that when Mao was in the army, Jiannu dared not go south. , Phi Island spanned the entire Liaodong, and later, although we wanted to, we were powerless."

"Now with the support of Marquis Zhengbei, sooner or later, we will be able to enter Liaodong." Huang Long's face under the half-mask was flushed, and his eyes showed anger. The last time Jiannu attacked Phi Island, he cut off his nose.

"Dorgon probably won't give up easily this time." Zhang Cai sighed a little: "Huang Taiji suffered a great loss from Lord Hou. If he doesn't take revenge on Lord Hou, it won't make sense. Let Dorgon attack Phi Island. So we have to be careful in the future." Zhang Cai was a little worried. Based on his judgment of the current situation, Dorgon would not let Phi Island go so easily. .In the future attack, the casualties of Phi Island will certainly not be small.

"What are you afraid of? Death is a hole the size of a bowl." Sun Yinglong said disdainfully: "Although he has a large number of people, it is not so easy to attack us. Don't look around. Although our thousands of sailors have no ships, But it is still possible to be a defender of the city, we still have more than ten thousand young and strong, as long as they are given weapons, they can also be a defender of the city. In a real fight, who will win the battle, really don’t know?”

"Yes, what are you afraid of? We are the defenders of the city. At this time, we have turned the city wall into an inheritance. I see how capable Dorgon is to fight us." Li Weiluan also said loudly.

"Okay, if you generals have this ambition, then I, Huang Long, will give up my life to keep Phi Island." Huang Long listened to the words of the people, his eyes sparkled, and said: "I, Huang Long, have worked for the court all these years. That's enough, I am worthy of the court, Phi Island was given to me by Lord Zhengbei, I, Huang Long, can't let him be thrown into my hands."

"Follow the general's orders." The generals stood up and said loudly.

The next day, after a night of rest, Dorgon's army began to attack Phi Island as Zhang Cai said.Large general cannons, red cannons and the like could not walk, and Dorgon did not come, so he just brought some light firearms such as Flang cannons, sub-mother cannons, etc., and collected a lot of firearms from North Korea. The few people, under the pressure of the soldiers, slowly came towards the island.

Dorgon on the horse is still standing on the shore, but Duo Duo and Du Du have already been sent out. Yesterday's attack was just a test. Although this test failed, it still made Dorgon see something. Come, Phi Island's defense is very strong, but their artillery fire is not very strong.So he still used a spread out formation when he dispatched the army this time.

What he didn't expect was that when he got up early the next morning, he found that he was facing not only a skin island, but also a castle made of ice. The snow in front of his eyes was bright, and the sun was still shining, piercing his eyes.Dorgon was extremely dissatisfied, what is this?How to fight this.

But fortunately, this time is no longer the era when bows and arrows rule the roost.Cannons have replaced the role of bows and arrows to a certain extent. Dorgon carried hundreds of cannons this time. When he set off in Shengjing, he thought of these problems. More importantly, this is North Korea , North Korea was overwhelmed by Jiannu. Although they wished to stand up and kill Jiannu's impulse, North Korea could only agree to Jiannu's various demands.So Dorgon also asked for a lot of supplies from North Korea behind, including cannons.Although North Korea's cannons are still old-fashioned firearms, it's better than nothing.He even ordered the King of Korea to prepare three thousand mercenaries to attack Phi Island together.

"Phi Island is not easy to fight." Looking at the ice wall, although Dorgon thought he had cannons in his hands, if he wanted to capture Phi Island in one fell swoop, it was obviously impossible. , It means that the army is here to work hard, but in the end it has not achieved the slightest effect. If it is spread, I am afraid that Huang Taiji will also find trouble for himself.Things have come to this point, and this is the only way to go on. ,

The battle soon started. At this time, all the conspiracies and tricks had no effect, and the only thing they faced was life and death. The rumbling of the guns made the land of Liaodong once again a tense atmosphere.The shells of both sides seem to be desperately attacking each other, but careful people can still find that the shells on Phi Island are much less.After all, although Pi Dao has made a lot of progress with the help of Li Xin, the existence and growth of some things still need time to accumulate.Fortunately, Phi Island is extremely strong. Under the ice city, although the Fran cannon is powerful, as long as it does not hit anyone, the damage caused is still very small.The cannonball hit the city wall, splashing countless ice chips, which is really beautiful. If there is no blood in the ice chips, it will be even better.

War is cruel. Standing on the shore, Dorgon looked cold and stared coldly at the battlefield in the distance. He couldn't retreat, even if it was his soldiers and horses who were attacking the white flag, it was the same. It was the same as Huang Taiji. Yes, although there are some contradictions between the two, they are consistent in the face of the interests of the entire Manchurians. This Pidao is a sharp sword suspended above the Manchurians. With its existence, the Koreans always I have extravagant hopes for the Ming Dynasty, and I also violated the imperial decree of Huang Taiji. With its existence, Li Xin can join forces to attack the Manchus in two ways. Li Xin relies on the Ming Dynasty, and may be able to fight on both sides, but the Manchus cannot. , what they need is to capture Phi Island in one fell swoop, so that they have no worries.So Dorgon saw that the battlefield was stalemate, and he did not see any order to retreat.

On the city wall, although Phi Island is now an ice city, the enemy's artillery did not cause much damage to the city wall, but soldiers have already suffered casualties.It is already a recognized fact that Jiannu is good at shooting. When attacking a city, he doesn't care about killing the enemy at close range, but cares about long-range attacks.Bows and crossbows played a very important role at this time.Although it is not as sharp as a cannon, and its range is not as good as a cannon, it is superior in that it is easy to operate, and there are many people who can use bows and arrows. At the very least, almost everyone in the slave army can use bows and arrows.

"This Dorgon is crazy." Because it was the first day of battle, not only Li Weiluan and other generals, but Huang Long also came to the battlefield in person to direct the battle.But when they saw Dorgon's reckless attack, everyone was surprised.

"Phi Island is very important to Jian Nu's position. Hou Ye can rely on this Pi Island to attack Jian Nu's rear. What's more, Jian Nu has never won against Hou Ye since they played against each other. This time they want to take Pi Island On the one hand, it is to warn the Central Plains, and on the other hand, it is also to boost the morale of the army." Zhang Cai saw Dorgon's intention at once.

"There's no need to be so exaggerated! How many of us can be shot by attacking with a bow and arrow like this?" Huang Long said disdainfully.

"Master Chief Soldier, don't forget that we have few people." Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "Although we have many tools for defending the city, we don't have many archers. Almost everyone in Jiannu is an archer. There are quite a few. This kind of attack will certainly lose a lot of people, but the same people, our number is also slowly decreasing."

Huang Long was silent when he heard the words, although he didn't want to admit it, he also knew that Dorgon must have this idea.It's just that he has nothing to do.Just sighed deeply.

"Sir, is there any way?" Zhao Guang said suddenly.Everyone looked at Zhang Cai with hopeful eyes for a moment, to see if the other party could come up with an idea.

"There are too few soldiers and horses, so there is no solution. We can only wait. Waiting for the heavy snowfall to be bigger, it will be inconvenient for Dorgon to attack, so there is no way but to retreat." Zhang Cai has no choice at this time. The tactics are all guaranteed by absolute strength. Pidao soldiers and horses are far below the opponent, and it is surrounded by water. Even if they sneak out from the other direction to attack Dorgon's rear camp and attack his food and grass Not necessarily a victory.

"Hmph, are we still afraid of him?" Sun Yinglong snorted coldly: "Although our soldiers and horses are not as good as the opponent's, our morale is stronger than theirs, and we have a strong city to defend. What are you afraid of?"

"Yes, we are the most loyal and brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, don't worry." Huang Long also nodded, looked around, and said: "Your Majesty can sweep Jiannu with five thousand troops and dig up the tomb of the old chief. I also robbed Huang Taiji's woman, although I, Huang Long, can't rob his woman, I can still destroy some of his troops." After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

In the distance, on the sea, Duo Duo and Du Du were commanding the army to fight. This time, Duo Ergun asked the guide, and the first attack force was as many as 5000, which was almost five times that of his troops. It's more than one-tenth, which can also show that Dorgon is determined to attack Phi Island.

"These Han people are really cowardly. They can only hide on the top of the city, and dare to come out to fight us if they have the ability." Du Du said, pointing at the city wall of Pidao.

"That's Huanglong?" Duoduo said to the left and right, looking at the masked general.

"It's Huanglong. The slaves attacked Phi Island with the army the year before last, and I saw him before." The guards on the side said loudly.

"Dudu, if you kill this person, what kind of reaction will Phi Island have?" Doduo rolled his eyes and said to Du Du on the side.

Du Du was taken aback when he heard the words, and finally shook his head and said: "This man is a general, even if there is a master archer, he may not be able to shoot him to death. There are many soldiers around him, and it is very difficult to get close. If you want to shoot him It's even more difficult."

"It doesn't matter, it's okay even to shoot him." Dodo gritted his teeth and said, "Dudu, why don't we compete to see who can shoot this person to death."

"You can try." Du Du thought for a while, nodded and said.Jiannu worshiped warriors, from Huang Taiji to ordinary people.Even later, people such as Kangxi and Qianlong held magnolia hunting every spring and autumn. On the one hand, it was a custom. Those who can shoot one or two arrows are much better than the kings of the Ming Dynasty.This is true for the emperor, not to mention other people. Archery is still very popular among Jiannu, and there are still many good archers.

For a while, in order to shoot Huanglong to death, whether it was Dudu or Duoduo, even Dorgon, who was watching the scenery on the coast, was interested. For a while, people who were good at archery were drawn from the army, They all gathered together, took advantage of the cover of the rebel army, and rushed towards the city wall.

"General Huang, although the enemy's attack is very brave, they can't threaten us for a while. It's enough to have all the generals here. The general is weak, so why don't you go back and rest!" Zhang Cai tightened his clothes. The clothes are relatively thick, but he is originally from the south. When he came to Phi Island, a place of bitter cold, he was very afraid of the cold, so he wore thick clothes.

"Mister, go back first, the general is still watching here for a while!" Huang Long said nonchalantly: "Although my body, Huang Long, has not yet recovered, I don't care about the cold, but sir, I am from the south. It is not easy for you to come to the north to live, and now the situation is deadlocked, it is better for you to go back and rest for a while."

"That's fine." Zhang Cai was about to decline, but suddenly he couldn't help but sneezed, a burst of cold came over his body again, and finally couldn't help shaking his head, and with the support of a soldier, he went down the city wall.

"Although Mr. Zhang is talented, what about his body?" Li Weiluan shook his head. Military generals are different from civil servants. At this time, Li Weiluan is wearing a cotton coat, but he is wearing armor on the outside.

"Mr. Zhang is the talent of a military adviser, the talent of the prime minister, look, how long it has been since he came to Phi Island, and he has already organized the top and bottom of Phi Island in an orderly manner. This is not something any literati can do, let alone People like you can do it." Huang Long shouted angrily.

"Hey, what the army said is true. What is said is true." Li Weiluan said quickly.

"Why don't you command the army?" Huang Long couldn't help but angrily scolded, and Li Weiluan was so frightened that he hurried to command the army without mentioning it.On this city wall, there is a naval division commanded by Sun Yinglong, who has also become a soldier defending the city at this moment, while Zhao Guang is commanding a cavalry. The cavalry did not go to the battlefield, but it has also become a floating general. Where to go.But Li Weiluan was commanding the infantry, shouting loudly to shoot arrows, destroying the enemy's vital force.

"General, look at a group of people, something is wrong!" The soldiers beside Huang Long suddenly pointed to the distance and said, Huang Long also looked over, and saw a strange group of cavalry among the chaotic army below, this group of cavalry The front is blocked by tall shields, and behind are hundreds of cavalry, these cavalry don't care about the random arrows and cannons shooting around, they are still moving slowly, faintly, Huanglong feels that these people are like wolves, The eyes are cold and ruthless, and everything around them can't attract the attention of these people.

"Adjust the artillery, and shoot at that team." Huang Long has been in the battlefield for many years, and was injured a few years ago because he was not as strong as the opponent when fighting on the battlefield. His nose was chopped off by the opponent, but he also saved his life. , At this time, he felt that something was wrong with these people.

"Boom, boom." At this time, the cannon on the top of the city finally showed its power, and the direction it was aiming at was also the direction Huanglong was pointing at. After a burst of artillery fire, when Huanglong looked again, the number of people had already decreased by more than a dozen, but these people moved forward The footsteps did not stop, and took advantage of the chaos to advance a lot, already approaching the distance of 120 steps from the city wall, which was close to within the range of the bow and arrow.

"Fire again." Huang Long said, frowning.For some reason, he always felt that this team was a threat, or a threat to Huang Long.

"General, it's more dangerous here, it's better to leave here." The guard persuaded cautiously.

"Okay." Huang Long thought for a while, and nodded, he was just playing a symbolic role here, and he was about to walk down the city.Suddenly there was an exclamation in my ear, I turned my head to look, but saw a rain of arrows flying in the distance, then my eyes went dark, and I fell down immediately.Don't know anymore.

On December 23rd of the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, only a few days before the sixth year of Chongzhen, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty, was shot and killed at the head of Pidao City by random arrows.

(End of this chapter)