The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 81 General Tang

The old slave's time is actually mediocre, but he is better than martial arts.

But even so, he couldn't resist the opponent's leaks everywhere, which gave him a lot of opportunities to take advantage of.

Before the unification of the barbarians, the old slave relied on several conveniences to occupy a lot of opportunities, so that he could win the game.

The first place is the ginseng trade. Thanks to years of publicity, ginseng has become a must-have item for the wealthy and noble families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even ordinary people can't ask for it.

The second place is to take refuge in Dazhou, who was originally a military officer of Dazhou, so relying on the local specialty ginseng of Nuer Gansi, he obtained a large amount of money, food and materials from Dazhou.

The third place is those merchants, in order to protect their own interests, they gave the old slave a lot of convenience.

Like the places in Fushun, it turned out that the Da Zhou and the barbarian tribes traded with each other, so as to win over the barbarian tribes to fight against the Mongolian barbarians.

Later, the old slave became so out of control that the Liaodong capital banned the ginseng trade, which was also one of the reasons why the old slave bet on Zheng.

Although the two sides are in dire straits, ginseng is still in short supply, and its value is so high that many businessmen secretly pass the song.

Tang Qing'an started his career with relationships, and within a few months he was promoted from Beiyu to the governor of the Zuo Army, but he also couldn't put an end to relationships. The city allowed big families from all over the city to enter the city, and faintly discovered something.

Many people only felt that the control in the city was stricter, so that person also became anxious, forcing the young general to make a decision as soon as possible.

Are you willing to take the risk of trying to contact some generals who are willing to seek refuge for him, and even contact the deputy commander here.

Like the guerrilla general Li Yongfang in Fushun, didn't he choose to surrender directly, so this person has a little confidence.

If this can really be done, with the character of the Great Khan, he will definitely not be stingy with rewards.

The young general shook his head.

"Why?" The man was very surprised.

"It's not that I don't want to help, but that General Tang is very vigilant about these things, unlike the previous officers.

Don't mention that Zhou Quan, just say that Liao Yong was also a person with a heart for the court, but no one contacted him, so he was only on the battlefield temporarily anyway.

These people don't trust them, and they were all transferred to the pass by the new general, which shows that they are cautious.

Those four gate guards are all the new general's cronies, and we have never met before, and we have no friendship at all.

Moreover, there are two departments in each department, which are mutually restraining. What do you think I can do? "

The young general looked worried.

"The new general will organize the people in the city, even the refugees who fled, into a mutual guarantee. You still enter the city according to the old way. I advise you to find an opportunity to leave as soon as possible, so as not to harm your family. life, and implicate me."

When the man heard the words, he couldn't think of an idea for a while.

Most of the generals in the city today are not familiar to him, like Xu Shoufu who he does know, but he dare not go forward to recognize him.

He has already learned that this person is a group of people who take the initiative to fight anyway, and he will never get any benefits by sending them to his door.

The young general only forced the other party to leave quickly, and don't implicate him. In fact, there is another reason, that is, he has confidence in Jinzhou City.

General Tang really knew the soldiers, as people said, Huo Qubing was reincarnated, and he was very powerful.

Not to mention the armaments of the battalions, but only the fortifications of the city, which were built in an orderly manner without any flaws, many of which he had never seen before.

For example, between the city wall and the moat, six fortifications have been added over the past month.

Behind the moat are thorns all over the ground, then staghorn wood, then a horse pit, a carbine refusal, a moat, and a Yangma wall.

After the arrangements are made, the young general doesn't believe that the barbarians can fly over.

The man could only sigh helplessly, and two days later, taking advantage of the city, the refugees began to be pulled out from the south gate, some to the island, some to the outside of Fushun city, and came out in an orderly manner in units of households. .

Seeing that the situation was not good, he looked for an opportunity and went out of the city with the big family's house, not daring to stay for a long time.

Fuzhou City.

The big city with a population of tens of thousands is now quite lonely, and the streets are desolate, like a ghost town.

Amin and Huangtaiji led their troops to Fifty Village Station. According to the report from Tanma, Fuzhou has become an empty city.

More than 1 soldiers entered the city smoothly, but there was no joy from top to bottom.

The soldiers thought they had nothing to plunder, but the generals knew that the enemy was going all out to shrink Jinzhou City, and a tough battle was yet to come.

He sent a cavalry sentry to scout around, and sent a small group out of the city to search for food, and captured the people of Dazhou to return for the siege of the city.

After waiting for a few spies to come back, they didn't get any results, and told Jinzhou City that the management and control are quite strict, and there is no loophole to take advantage of.

A Min frowned when she understood, "There are no worthy men under a great name, and that week will indeed be quite difficult."

Like in the past when I followed the Great Khan to attack the city of Zhou State, I often spent time lobbying in the city, not to mention persuading the other party to surrender, at least I was willing to secretly communicate with myself, leaving a way out just in case.

Geng Bingyuan was also sullen.

These days, he has been vaguely aware that he might have been deceived before, but now that he knows that Zhou Quan and others have been transferred back to the customs, he is even more certain.

In my heart, I was ashamed and angry, regretful and afraid.

If this kind of situation is known to the old slave, how can he have his own good fruit to eat.

"How many people are there in Jinzhou City?"

"It is estimated that there are more than ten thousand soldiers."

Both Amin and Huangtaiji pondered.

Amin thought that eight thousand soldiers would fight ten thousand soldiers, and it was an attack on the city. Unless the opponent had no morale like the previous city, he could concentrate his strength to break through.

Huangtaiji thought about it. Geng Bingyuan said that there were no less than [-] soldiers in Zhou Dynasty, and he won the gold again. To restore the second city, it is reasonable to have nearly [-] soldiers.

So come on now, Geng Bingyuan lied.

But now is the time to employ people, let's not expose him.

Both parties came and went, and soon Jinzhou learned that most of the barbarians had settled in Fuzhou City, and the war was imminent.

The atmosphere in the city became more and more solemn, and all ministries were ready to fight.

Tang Qing'an knew very well that he didn't have any military talent, and he relied on standing on the shoulders of his predecessors.

However, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and it is not possible to apply it mechanically, so the preferable method is to fight indifferently.

Why play dumb?
Just don't be stingy and build more fortifications.

The introduction in Qi Jiguang's military book, Zeng Guofan's housekeeping skills, and Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement for guarding Guangning City were all used for reference.

Zhao Gouyong could see clearly, and sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, God rewarded the meal.

Although Tang Zongbing is young and not born as a hereditary general, he is extremely experienced in military affairs, even he dares to be inferior to him.

Although this person started his career by relying on connections, after all he has a lot of ability to climb so fast. I was a little bit dissatisfied before, but now it seems that I take it for granted.

Even without himself, this person can arrange Jinzhou City perfectly.

at last.

The barbarian army appeared on the horizon, with tens of thousands of people boundless, and the entire skyline was a black line.

Dozens of opponents rode out on fast horses and ran around the city wall of Jinzhou two miles away.Not long after, more and more cavalry came up to inquire about the situation of the Jinzhou city defense.

Amin, Huangtaiji, and barbarian generals Morgan, Galiu and others are watching the city of Jinzhou on the high platform they built.

The sentry riders also sent back news one after another, that there were big ships on both sides of the sea, there were countless flags on the city wall, and the fortifications under the city wall were so strong.

With more and more information collected and what he saw with his own eyes, even Amin, who was never afraid of hard work, took a deep breath.

"I originally only thought that General Tang would be a tortoise and hide in the city, but I didn't expect him to have these tricks, which is staggering."

A person's prestige is sometimes even respected by the enemy, and Lao Khan wants to recruit this person, so Amin no longer derogates him.

Morgan was born as a savage Jurchen. Since he was subdued by Lao Khan, he has always been tough in battle.

The old scars on his face made his whole person look even more severe.

Wearing several layers of armor, behind him is a BMW gifted by the old slave, and he is honored as Baturu of the barbarians.

Even he didn't dare to talk nonsense, just looked at Geng Bingyuan.

Geng Bingyuan bit the bullet, who made him boast in front of Da Khan that he would be the first person to climb the city wall.

Jinzhou City was not like this before.

"Geng Bingyuan, I won't embarrass you. If you lead your troops to drive out the captives and destroy all the fortifications under the city wall, I will count it as your meritorious service."

Huang Taiji said suddenly.

This kind of thing is the dirtiest thing, and everyone looks down on it, but Geng Bingyuan was overjoyed, and promised again and again that he would do it.

Xu Shoufu led 1000 people to line up in the city, sorting out blunderbuss, bows and arrows and other things.

In the city wall, Zhao Gouyong personally led the artillery to cover him.

Tang Qing'an was at the east gate, and barbarian cavalry also came here, but they didn't look like they were going to attack, and used it to contain this place.

Unable to let the opponent go so smoothly, Tang Qing'an asked the flag soldiers to order the Frang machine on the east gate to fire.

The Zhou people thought that the Franji was created by the Hongmao people in the southern islands, but it was actually made by Arabia and was learned by Western countries.

The Franji is actually a naval gun. When the Supreme Emperor was still the emperor, the Southern Navy and the Portuguese fought naval battles, and they barely repelled the opponent by relying on boats. Therefore, they salvaged a few guns and studied them for a period of time before successfully imitating them.

The whole Fran cannon is composed of three parts, the barrel, the belly, and the sub-cannon.

Each Fran cannon is equipped with four to nine sub-cannons. The function of the sub-cannons is equivalent to the fixed shells of later generations, which can be loaded with gunpowder in advance, thus increasing the rate of fire.

"Boom."

A cannon can reach more than [-] paces. The barbarian cavalry was frightened, and they all rode their horses to retreat, and returned after a while.

When the cannon at the East Gate rang, the northern barbarians finally began to attack.

Thousands of people, mostly with empty hands, and a few with forks, sticks and other utensils in their hands, were driven away by the soldiers behind.

He went to Jinzhou City with a numb expression.

Those who had a sense of rebellion and looked a little smart had already been pulled out and hacked to death. The rest were not only subjected to material abuse, but also mentally humiliated, and they were already like walking dead.

Those who walked slowly and dragged their feet were shot or hacked to death.

"Fire."

Xu Shoufu gave an order, and a row of blunderbusses fired all the ammunition.

The people in front "hanged" to the first floor.

At this time, people remembered that they were human beings, and finally some people wanted to run, and some people lay on the ground.

Barbarian soldiers have long been used to seeing them, but those who do not move forward will be killed.

"Boom."

On the wall of the north gate, the cannons fired.

(End of this chapter)