The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

On the first night of August in the second year of Tianqi, Li Yuanqing and Changsheng camp successfully arrived at the South Wharf of Lushun.

At this time, Li Yuanqing received an urgent call for help, only half a day later.

The urgent report from Chen Zhongbu was earlier than that from Li Yuanqing. In addition, he arrived in the afternoon due to the favorable wind.

The three looked at each other without much greeting. Zhang ordered Zhang Hu, the leader of his family's army, to coordinate the various departments of Changsheng camp into the city, and the three directly arrived at the head of the north city of Lvshun.

After the big storm, the impurities between heaven and earth have been filtered out a lot. The sky at night is very clear, the moon is bright, and the visibility is very high.

At this time, in the continuous farmland two miles outside Beicheng, there were rolling barracks of the Houjin army, which could hardly be seen at a glance.

Zhang pan clenched his teeth and said, "Tartars are coming too fast. There are a lot of fields in the north that have not been cleaned up. They are cheap. Yuanqing, thanks to your reminding, I kept an eye on my mind ahead of time and set up a lot of spies in the north, so that I didn't suffer from these dog Tartars. "

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Zhangpan has been in Lushun for less than a year. Due to the limited conditions, the crops planted here are later than those in other places in southern Liaoning, and the harvest is naturally later and worse.

Fortunately, the three departments had some surplus grain because of the previous operations. At this time, even if some grain was put to Houjin army, it was not too much of an obstacle.

"Have Tartars attacked the city today?"

Scanning a circle, Li Yuanqing already had a number in mind. Although Lushun city is not tall, but the terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. For the defense of governance, Zhang pan dare not have a little neglect, all aspects of affairs are good, there are no obvious defects for the time being.

Zhang pan shook his head. "They arrived late last night. It's a day to rest. I guess tomorrow, I'm afraid they'll do it. "

Li Yuanqing nodded and looked at Chen Zhong.

Chen Zhong is in a good mental state with a straight back. He worked hard in the previous practice.

Chen Zhong said: "if the Tartars want to do it, we will guard it. At this time, some of us have food, so we are afraid of a ball. "

Zhang pan nodded: "that's exactly the case. This time, as long as we can hurt Tartars, they will not dare to be so rash. Well, until the Chinese new year, we should be able to live for a while. "

Li Yuanqing is not as optimistic as Zhang pan and Chen Zhong.

In the front of the post Jin camp, Li Yuanqing noticed that there were not only red and blue flags, but also many white flags, yellow flags and red flags.

The names of the banners and generals in the later Jin Dynasty were difficult to remember because of their barbarians. However, their banners were very simple and easy to recognize.

In the military system of the later Jin Dynasty, Niulu Zhangjing was equipped with standard bearers. Their banners were slightly different according to their eight banners and their strength. However, there were not many differences in specifications, so they could be easily seen at a glance.

Li Yuanqing counted them. He was afraid that there would be no less than 25 big flags of Niulu, including three white flags, two yellow flags and two blue flags.

This means that Huang Taiji, laonu and Amin have arrived.

According to common sense, the red flag and the blue flag suffered losses, and their master yuetuo and manggurtai were the most furious. However, at this time, there were so many cattle records all at once, which was obviously abnormal.

Li Yuanqing's biggest worry is that because of the retreat of maowenlong's headquarters in Liaodong, the main force of the later Jin Dynasty over there was attracted to Lushun. That would be a big deal.

Zhang pan and Chen Zhong talked about the situation. Seeing that Li Yuanqing did not speak, Zhang pan hurriedly said, "Yuanqing, your brain is alive. What do you think?"

Li Yuanqing shook his head. "I can't see clearly for a while. However, the army of the later Jin Dynasty is very powerful, so we must not act rashly. Elder brother Zhang, I think the surrounding defense of Lushun is not a big obstacle for the time being. Let's have a good rest tonight. First of all, we should keep up our spirits. Tomorrow, we will see what kind of tricks these Tartars are playing. "

Zhang pan and Chen Zhong both nodded. At this time, Li Yuanqing said that was the best way.

When they got down to the head of the city, the Changsheng camp was also arranged. It was in a residential space west of the north wall. There were several deep wells. The location was quite good.

After a few simple greetings, Li Yuanqing transferred two general troops to the city wall to participate in night patrol and defense, and returned directly to his camp to rest.

It's a pity that Li Yuanqing tossed and turned, unable to sleep safely.

When he came to the well outside the tent, the night watchman made a bucket of cold water from the deep well and washed his face. Cold water touched the skin, which made Li Yuanqing's mind gradually settle down.

After a long breath, Li Yuanqing also found the problem.

Maybe the reason why he is so nervous is that he once met in Shenyang City.

If it was only manggurtai and yuetuo, even if they were powerful, Li Yuanqing would not be empty. However, in the battle of Zhenjiang, the fat man really left a lot of shadow on Li Yuanqing. If Li Yuanqing had not made a decision at that time and decisively passed away, I'm afraidIn the inexplicable restlessness, he fell asleep. Just as he was about to fall asleep, his relatives and soldiers reported, "report to the general - - in the direction of the North City, there is a change in the Tartars."

Li Yuanqing didn't dare to neglect, so he came to the head of the city.

Zhang pan and Chen Zhong have already arrived. It can be seen that they did not sleep well last night. Many soldiers, including many, have dark circles under their eyes.

More than 10000 Tartars, visible and invisible, give people too much pressure.

Seeing Li Yuanqing coming, Zhang pan quickly pointed to the front and said, "Yuanqing, you see, these Tartars have been mobilized since the morning. It seems that they are not in a hurry to attack the city."

Li Yuanqing looked at Zhang Pan's finger. Not far ahead, there were three or four cattle records inlaid with red flags. They were digging ditches and building walls. It seemed that they did not mean to attack, but were building a defensive offensive.

On the other side, two teams of armored Tartars with blue flag are constantly changing and adjusting their formation. It seems that they are going to attack the city, but they do not have any siege equipment.

Chen Zhong said, "what's wrong with these Tartars? If you want to fight or not. "

Li Yuanqing narrowed his eyes and scanned into the distance.

Last night, the visibility was not clear. During the day, the sun was shining brightly. Looking from north to south, we could see far away from the dazzling sunlight.

After staring for a long time, Li Yuanqing slowly exhaled a long breath.

It seems that there are more flags in the post Jin army than last night. Looking at this, it seems that there are more follow-up troops coming towards this side.

Damn it.

Li Yuanqing's most terrible prediction may have been true.

Lushun is likely to have been put on the stage now. I'm afraid these three books have become the main dish of later Jin aristocrats.

Li Yuanqing came to the crevasse and looked down carefully.

The water level of the moat at the foot is very deep. Maybe there is seawater. The color is dark blue and black. It should be at least 3 or 5 meters deep.

However, the river is not wide, only 10 meters.

Lushun was built by the sea, but in this era, due to the limitations of conditions and cultural concepts, few Chinese cities were built directly by the sea. Lushun is a small castle city. Because of its location, it breaks through some of these concepts, but a large part of it is exposed on the land.

Apart from the fact that it is completely on land in the north and separated by the city wall, there are some parts in the South and the East, which are deeply related to the land.

The south side is better than the back. If the latter Jin army attacks from the East, it will bring great difficulties to the Ming army defending the city.

But to Li Yuanqing's delight, there are still three cannons on the side of zhangpan. They are all old-fashioned goods. Li Yuanqing can't name them. However, judging from their appearance, they are polished very bright. It seems that they should be maintained regularly.

Li Yuanqing said, "brother Zhang, can these guns still be used?"

Zhang pan a Leng, a moment before reaction, "should still be able to use. But it's a little old. "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "where are the Gunners? Come on. Try one shot. "

Although there were several frictions, Zhang Pan had already been deeply convinced of Li Yuanqing's ability. In addition, Li Yuanqing and Changsheng camp had saved the lives of zhangpan and Lushun troops several times. These soldiers of Lushun army also respected Li Yuanqing very much.

At this time, Li Yuanqing said this, a moment, there will be 5, 6 Gunners rushed over, "small wait to see General Li."

Li Yuanqing nodded to them, "how far can this gun go? Try shooting at the dog Tartars. "

An old gunner in his early 40s said, "General Li, this is an old-fashioned cannon. It hasn't been used for years. I don't know how far they can fight. You'd better step back and let the little one operate, so as not to hurt some generals. "

Li Yuanqing was speechless, and the Gunners had no confidence in the guns. How could they be expected to kill the enemy?

But it's better to have something than nothing.

Several Gunners spent a lot of energy to fill in the shell. The old gunner took a piece of rag and carefully wiped the gun chamber. Then he ran back and twisted the fuse. After directing several gunners to adjust it for a long time, he took out the flint and ignited the fuse.

"A few generals, step back and cover your ears." The old gunner yelled.

Originally, people had no confidence in the gun. When he called out, they immediately stepped back and covered their ears.

Li Yuanqing also had to step back a dozen steps and stick it on the wall beside the crenels. He watched carefully.

For a moment, the lead wire had already reached the gun chamber, and "HISHI" was emitting white smoke, but it did not detonate. It was as if it was about to explode the gun chamber, and people around him were constantly retreating.

Li Yuanqing can't help shaking his head. Can he call a gun?

But before I finished, there was a "boom" and a loud noise from the gun chamber. A black shell suddenly flew forward and drew a black smoke line.

People's eyes almost follow the black parabola until it falls to the ground.

Seeing that it finally landed, everyone was relieved.

The old gunner was overjoyed. "Thanks to the Hongfu of several generals, a few of them are lucky to live up to their lives."Li Yuanqing some speechless, a moment before returning to God, busy waved to the side of the Yellow Mountain: "reward him five Liang silver."

"Yes." Huang Guoshan hurriedly asked his soldiers to get the silver.

A moment later, the silver was collected and handed over to the old gunner.

He couldn't help smiling, showing his old yellow teeth, "general Xie Li. General Xie Li. "

Li Yuanqing glanced at the dark shell not far away. It was less than a mile, that is, about 400 meters. Moreover, it was solid ammunition. I'm afraid it was similar to the stones of the stone throwing machine. Its lethality was very, very small, far lower than Li Yuanqing expected.

But something is better than nothing.

On this side, the city of Lushun was tested, and the Jin army was also shocked.

It was mainly the roar of guns, which was too harsh in this open weather.

Seeing the effect of the gun, the rear Jin army in the opposite side burst out laughing and made various insulting actions to the Ming army.

The Ming army did not want to be outdone. A burst of national abuse and all kinds of gestures returned.

Li Yuanqing, however, completely ignored the noise around him and said with a smile to the old gunner, "old man, how many shells are there in the city? Let's try all these guns. If you try well, I will not be stingy with the reward. "

The old gunner could not help but kowtow to Li Yuanqing, "the little one is willing to serve for General Li."