Blood from Daming

Chapter 556 Phoenix
At dusk on June [-], Mao Wenlong, accompanied by Chen Jisheng and other generals, came to the east of the camp and looked at the Xue Family Army fleet on the Yalu River. Chen Jisheng looked at the towering artillery fire of the Xue Family Army fleet, and knew that the Xue Family Army Navy had received According to Zuo Ming's intelligence, a close fire surveillance was carried out on the Dongjiang Army.

Chen Jisheng sighed and said: "General Town, the Xue family army has already had a prejudice against us, and I'm afraid there will be no results in the talks for a while."

Mao Wenlong said a little dejectedly: "Xing Zuo, you stay here and continue to negotiate with General Zuo. The area around Phoenix City is reserved for the Xue Family Army and the North Korean Army. You must persuade General Zuo to support our Dongjiang Army at a critical time. Both Xue Family Army and Dongjiang Army Everything in the military should focus on the overall situation of Ming Dynasty."

Liu Xingzuo said with a wry smile: "General Town, the last general will do his best to persuade General Zuo Ming."

Mao Wenlong took a deep look at Xue Jiajun's navy again, and called out Mao Chengzuo and Mao Youde, the two guys who looked at Xue Jiajun's navy with red eyes, and led his generals back to the camp. About half an hour later, the Dongjiang Army pulled out of camp and left Let's go, the [-] to [-] teams have been heading west.

After noon, Xue Jiajun’s navy went to pick up the five infantry ships. Along with Zuo Ming’s more than 1000 cavalry on the road, they finally rushed to the west bank of Yizhou City. Ming saw that it was Liu Xingzuo who saw him first, and he was so angry that Liu Xingzuo was a dog's skin plaster, and Liu Xingzuo had put it on.

Seeing Liu Xingzuo, Zuo Ming shook his head and said, "General Liu, what's the matter with you?"

Liu Xingzuo said with a smile: "General Zuo, it's still the same sentence. The combination of our two armies is the most beneficial to Ming, Dongjiang Army, and Xue's Army. Look, General Zuo, the Tartar camp Mao Zongzhen is still reserved for your Xue's army. , In addition, the Dongjiang army went to the west to hunt, and the Xue family's army will definitely have a share."

Zuo Ming said, "General Liu, what kind of drama did you, Mr. Mao Town, sing?"

Liu Xingzuo said with a smile: "Master Zongzhen was in a hurry and confused his mind for a while, and did something unreasonable. For the sake of Dongjiang soldiers and civilians, you should expose a lot of it."

Zuo Ming thought for a while and said: "Okay, General Liu, let's put this matter aside for now. This general is still busy contacting the North Korean army to let the North Korean army cross the river to join the battle. This is also good news for your Dongjiang army."

While Zuo Ming was talking with Liu Xingzuo, Wu Yang also arrived at the shore in a small boat, and Li Gui, deputy marshal of North Korea's Ningbyon Governor's Mansion, came with him. He hurt himself and Xue Jiajun, which made Zuo Ming even Liu Xingzuo feel embarrassed.

It was Li Gui who came out to smooth things over, boasting that Zuo Ming was a sincere gentleman, and then suffered the secret loss of the Dongjiang Army, and then he boasted about Zuo Ming's benevolence and righteousness, as well as his great help to North Korea, making Zuo Ming, Wu Yang, and Liu Xingzuo all It is suspected that Li Gui is not the deputy marshal of North Korea, but a jester in the mountain city of South Korea.

Zuo Ming couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Marshal Li, don't say any more. Besides, this general thinks he is a saint. Also, why haven't your North Korean troops crossed the river yet?"

Li Gui said: "General Zuo, our North Korean army is ready to fight. As long as General Zuo gives an order, the soldiers and horses from Ningbian Duhu Mansion and Yalu River's prefectures will immediately cross the river. That one."

Zuo Ming said: "Marshal Li, the last Jianlu troops have also fled towards Liaoyang City. There are no Jianlu troops in the vicinity for hundreds of miles, and the Dongjiang Army is also heading west to Gaizhou, Haizhou, Dingliao and other places, the area around Phoenix City belongs to North Korea, if you are slow and don’t get much money, don’t blame this general for not giving you a chance to North Korea.”

Li Gui promised the North Korean army to cross the river as soon as possible, and told Zuo Ming that the North Korean ships were scarce, and hoped that the Xue Family Navy could provide warships to assist the North Korean army to cross the Yalu River. Zuo Ming set his sights on Wu Yang, the commander of the navy, and Wu Yang nodded in agreement. Li Gui's request.

Starting from the afternoon of that day, Xue's army arranged five empty warships and dozens of fast boats to transport the North Korean army on the east bank of the Yalu River, and the North Korean army also gathered ships of all sizes from Bitong and Changcheng, and sent them to North Korea that day. With more than 1 troops, Xue Jiajun's navy sorted out the goods and placed cattle, sheep, mules and horses in the area of ​​Yizhou City on the east bank of the Yalu River, thus clearing out ten warships again, providing transportation guarantee for all the North Korean troops to cross the next day.

After the Korean army huddled in the camp of Jianlu for one night, they dispatched troops in the early morning of the second day of June. Climbing up the escalator to the castle, I found that the entire soup station was empty.

The North Korean army basically gained nothing when they entered Tangzhan Castle. After living in Tangzhan for one night, the army joined the large troops that came later. There are [-] soldiers and horses everywhere, including Li Gui's forwards, a total of [-] Korean soldiers and civilians, including more than [-] civilian husbands and servants.

The military spirit of the Korean army was not strong enough to spare any prisoners, so they set fire to Tangzhan Castle. The fire rose several tens of feet, and the smoke filled the sky. Phoenix City, which was dozens of miles away, could be seen clearly. Zuo Ming looked at this A group of North Korean idiots don't know what to say. After burning the soup station castle, Phoenix City's resistance will definitely be more tenacious.

At dusk on the third day of June, [-] North Korean soldiers and civilians completed the siege of Jianlu Phoenix City. Phoenix City was originally under the jurisdiction of the Dingliao Capital Guard of the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Ming Dynasty moved the Dingliao Right Guard from Liaoyang to Fenghuang Fort. Wei moved in, and the population increased. Phoenix Fort was upgraded to Phoenix City. Now Phoenix City has a population of tens of thousands. In addition, in recent days, due to the looting of the Niu Mao Village by the end of the day, and the defeat of the coalition forces of various tribes on the west bank of the Jinyalu River, a large number of scattered Jurchen tribes They all moved to Phoenix.

Zuo Ming led [-] soldiers from the Xue family army to Phoenix City, along with Liu Xingzuo, the guerrilla general of Dongjiang Town, and his entourage. However, the military meeting that night was still held in Zuo Ming's camp. Except for Liu Xingzuo who was listening, The marshals and generals from North Korea are basically all here.

Zhang Wan, Marshal of the North Korean Yongbyon Protectorate, introduced the situation: "General Zuo, all generals, our Korean Royal Army has completed preparations for attacking Phoenix City, and it is expected to launch an attack early on the fourth day of tomorrow. It is estimated that the population of Phoenix City has reached more than [-], which brought unprecedented difficulties for our Joseon King Army to attack the city, so our Joseon King Army needs the full support of General Zuo."

Zuo Ming nodded and said, "The bombing of the city is on the hands of the Xue family army. Marshal Zhang, how about the defensive capabilities of Phoenix City?"

Zhang Wan looked at Li Gui, and Li Gui said: "General Zuo, the last general arrived at Phoenix City first, and captured some Jianlu's tongues, ears and eyes. After interrogation, he basically found out the general situation of Phoenix City. There are 3000 soldiers. Because Huang Taiji conquered Ming Ningjin, he dispatched six Niulu to join the battle. The Jianlu who fought against General Zuo and the Dongjiang Army a few days ago did not have Niulu from Phoenix City, and most of the Jianlu who retreated into Phoenix City were old and weak. With sickness and disabilities, and the fact that Phoenix City lacks youth and strength, Jin Jianlu will not have more than 6000 thieves who can go to the city after [-]."

Zhang Wan said: "Deputy Marshal Li, Jianlu is extremely tough, old and weak women can be soldiers, don't underestimate the enemy."

Li Gui quickly replied: "Marshal, the last general is only reporting the truth, and dare not despise any Jianluda thieves."

Zhang Wan said: "General Zuo, the city will be opened tomorrow, please make more openings."

Zuo Ming smiled wryly and said: "Marshal Zhang, after the battle of Jiulian City, the gunpowder in my hand is very limited. It is more than enough to blow up one gap, but it is very reluctant to blow up two gaps. How can we make more holes. "

Zhang Wan was disappointed when he heard this and said: "General Zuo, if there is only one gap, it will be difficult for the North Korean army to quickly break through the Houjinda thief's defense through the gap. There is a gap, if we want to break through the Phoenix City, there will be no less."

At this time, it was Liu Xingzuo who was the most discouraged. Liu Xingzuo followed Zuo Ming. His biggest purpose was to get the support of Xue Jiajun's muskets and gunpowder. There is no more explosives, even if I have a tongue like a lotus flower to convince Zuo Ming, a clever woman can't live without rice. It seems that I have to send my men to inform the general town master to accept them as soon as they are good. The Xue family army who is short of gunpowder can't help the Dongjiang army.

Zuo Ming was silent for a while and said: "Marshal Zhang, I'm going to think of a way in the Firearms Battalion, but I'm afraid the effect of the explosion will not be particularly satisfactory, but it still won't have much impact on the North Korean army's entry into Phoenix City."

Zhang Wan said: "General Zuo, your firearms soldiers should help us. Otherwise, with the fighting power of the North Korean army, there may be repetitions. I believe the general is unwilling to see this situation."

Zuo Ming said: "Okay, but it's limited to Phoenix City. As for the battles in other forts, our Xue Family Army really can't help much."

Zhang Wan smiled and said: "General Zuo, taking Phoenix City is enough for us to move to North Korea for a while, and we will see the situation of other strongholds at that time."

(End of this chapter)