Please ask me to be the emperor

At noon on the 27th of the first lunar month, Huaiqing Mansion, which had just calmed down, suddenly discovered that Yang Sichang, the right governor of the Ming Dynasty, accompanied by Zu Dale and a battalion appeared outside the city.

Yang Sichang paid homage first and then sent troops to persuade him to surrender, but he suffered a shameful defeat.

Yang Sichang also knew that there was no way in the world to surrender without a fight, so he hurriedly ordered the Liaodong Army to push ladder trucks, rams and other siege equipment towards Huaiqing Mansion.

At the beginning, the two sides fought at the west gate of Fucheng, and the sound of killing was loud for a while.

"Commander Wang, don't you really want to go over and take command personally?" Shi Wenhuan asked uneasily as he listened to the sound of fighting coming from afar outside.

"Mr. Shi, don't worry, it'll happen if you're not careful!" Wang Ding couldn't help but laugh.

"Every method of attacking and defending a city extends to the sun and the moon. If the defender is well prepared, it will take two or three months to determine the outcome, so why rush it?"

"Is everything okay?" Shi Wenhuan couldn't help but wonder.

"It's really okay!" Wang Ding couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Although there are many Ming troops, they are all chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning."

"Xiao Si and Zhang Hu under my command, Mr. Shi, don't look at them because they are young, but they are all generals, and the soldiers under my command are all elite servants."

"If it weren't for King Shun's benevolence and the unwavering loyalty of the Yulin generals, which elite in the world would be so luxurious?"

"If the old gentleman is really worried, I would like to ask you to recruit as many strong men as possible in the city for a long-term plan!"

It turns out that the government of Huaiqing Prefecture was originally the county seat of Yewang County. Later, it was renamed Hanoi in the Sui Dynasty and became the annex of Huaiqing Prefecture.

Therefore, Wang Ding, who was stationed in Fucheng, also encountered Chen Yongfu's previous dilemma in the Zhengzhou defensive battle, that is, he was short of manpower and could not deploy his soldiers for a comprehensive defense, so he relied on local snake Shi Wenhuan to recruit as many strong men as possible as support.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Wang!" Shi Wenhuan couldn't help but pat his chest after hearing this.

"My son is applying for jobs and selections. Although he is not a great talent, he still has a somewhat low reputation in Huaiqing Mansion."

"Recruiting two to three thousand men to help the rebels defend the city is a trivial matter!"

"Okay, then I'll bother you, Mr. Lao Shi!" Wang Ding couldn't help but bowed after hearing this.

"We only need one thousand men to guard and patrol the city, one thousand men to detect traitors and punish evildoers in the city, and one thousand men to transport food, gunpowder and bullets, and transport the wounded."

"As for the matter of fighting, the old gentleman just leave it to me. I will discipline him whether he comes back or not. He knows how powerful my Yulin Wang family is!"

Shi Wenhuan once served as the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi Pass and also fought a rebellion in Sichuan. He was not a person who knew nothing about military affairs.

He felt relieved when he saw that Wang Ding had arranged things in an orderly manner and had a brave spirit.

It's just that they calmly negotiated at the back, but Zhang Hu and Xiao Si almost cursed at the front.

It turned out that the Liaodong Army had been fighting with Hou Jin all year round in Liaodong, so it naturally developed a strong spirit.

And this Zu Dalue was Zu Dashou's cousin, so he was naturally different from Zu Kuan, who was born in the ancestral family's servant.

The elite servants under his command are indeed better than the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry".

Therefore, this confrontation between the two sides felt wrong.

There is a saying that "the expert will know if he has taken action as soon as he makes a move." This is true in a competition, and even more so in a war.

Before the war started, Zu Dale was thinking: Who has never seen a rogue bandit? How can we fight?

On the other side, Xiao Si and Zhang Hu thought: It's not like I haven't fought against the Ming army before. I almost became a Ming army back then, so I was so scared!

As a result, as soon as the two sides fought, a "Wocao" suddenly popped out.

Wang Ding divided Zhang Hu and Xiao Si into two groups and took turns to defend. Zhang Hu of the Yulin Zhang family was in charge of the first group.

At the beginning of the war, Nazu Dalue had already ordered one of the generals to lead his troops to shoot at the top of the city to suppress it, and the other to lead his troops to push ladder trucks, charging arrays and other siege equipment to attack the city.

Zhang Hu saw him in the city and couldn't help but smile and said: "It's quite satisfactory. Come here, let them see the Qin army's archery skills!"

As soon as Zhang Hu finished speaking, arrows rained down from both sides and they started shooting at each other.

Due to technical limitations, the density of firepower in this era was still insufficient, and the outcome basically had to be determined by hand-to-hand combat, so he didn't take it seriously.

However, Zhang Hu never expected that a hail of arrows came, and screams suddenly sounded in the city.

Zhang Hu turned his head and saw that seven or eight soldiers had already been shot to the ground.

The arrow on the soldier who was hit by the arrow was nailed to the armor, and he was suddenly shot through the armor.

"What's going on?" Zhang Hu shouted loudly.

"General, no, the Ming army's arrows are too sharp. Most of them are point-steel armor-piercing arrows, and they can actually penetrate armor."

"Straight bitch!" Zhang Hu cursed secretly, and even encountered a tough opponent.

In this era, if you want to use armor-piercing arrows, you must use hard bows and steel arrows. However, anyone who uses hard bows and steel arrows is most likely to be the best among the best.

And when Zhang Hu was scolding his mother on the city, Zu Dale below the city was also scolding his mother loudly.

It turns out that the Yulin generals have been fighting against the Tartars for many years, and the elite servants under them are naturally good at archery.

Compared with Liaodong's hard bows and heavy armor, Yulin Jiangmen's soft bows and long arrows.

Although the armor-piercing ability is slightly inferior to the former, the accuracy is even better.

"Commander, there is something wrong with these thieves!" The two sides fought for a round, and someone had already come over to report.

"What's wrong?" Zu Dale said with a cold face.

"Several of our brothers were hit by arrows in the face. It's probably impossible!" the soldier explained.

"What? Could it be that Beilu is here!" Zu Dalue couldn't help but lost his voice.

It turns out that the Liaodong Army's old rival, the Hou Jin Army, was still good at long bows and heavy arrows, and liked "ten-step shooting" the most, specializing in shooting at people's faces. That's why Zu Dalue had this suspicion.

"It's not like that." The soldier shook his head and handed over a bloody arrow and said, "Commander, let's see, this arrow is lighter and doesn't go as far as the Beilu arrow!"

The heavy arrows used by Houjin in the late Ming Dynasty weighed about 100 grams and could be shot through armor within ten steps. They were called small spears. Therefore, later generations also called the bows and arrows used by Nuzhi "spear projectors", which are similar to those of the Shaanxi Qin Dynasty. The bows and arrows used by the army are completely different in shape.

"It turns out to be Qin Bing, no wonder!" Zu Dale was also a knowledgeable person and reacted immediately.

Shaanxi soldiers have been fighting against nomads who mainly use light combat tactics all year round, so they like to use soft bows and long arrows.

Although the armor-piercing ability is not as good as that of the Qing Bow, its accuracy is superior. Therefore, Zhang Hu's elite multi-shot Liaodong Army has no protection.

"We have met our match!"

As the saying goes: When you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a good talent. Zhang Hu and Zu Dale were at the top of the city and at the bottom of the city. They couldn't help but sigh at the same time, and they became more determined to defeat their opponents.