I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 159 Strange Tactics and Terrifying Artillery
Chapter 158

Emperor Chongzhen was actually very worried. Cheng Shijie and his Ning Haijun, since Nurhachi rebelled, Daming won less and lost more. Especially after the defeat of Dalinghe, Emperor Chongzhen discovered that he had no more cards to play.

Guan Ning's army can't do it. This is the cruel reality that Emperor Chongzhen recognized. Ning Haijun has finally won the victory in Haizhou and severely damaged Jiannu. !

The current Emperor Chongzhen is in great chaos, and he doesn't know whether he should agree to Cheng Shijie's fight or let him preserve his strength. It is good to preserve his strength, but Jiannu will be even more arrogant.

In a dilemma, he thought of the old man Sun Chengzong again, and hurriedly asked Sun Chengzong to come over for advice.

After half an hour passed, Sun Chengzong entered the palace.

"The old minister greets His Majesty, long live my emperor!"

"George, please get up!"

Emperor Chongzhen supported Sun Chengzong, and then explained the obtained military information to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong looked at the ready to move, not knowing what the fear was. Cheng Shijie was sitting on a soft couch with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Elder Ge thought, what should we do now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister believes that it is better to let the tiger go back to the mountain than to harm the tiger's prestige!" Sun Chengzong looked at Cheng Shijie who was pretending to be asleep from the corner of his eye, and then solemnly said: "Since the fiasco of Saarhu, there are still a few people in Daming who dare to take the initiative Who fought with Jiannu wild land waves? None? For a long time, wherever Jiannu attacked, our army would defend there. We were extremely passive. Our army lost more and more cities, and Jiannu became more and more rampant! Now General Cheng is not afraid of powerful enemies, and dares to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight Jiannu, let alone other things, this courage alone is worthy of praise!"

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "Cheng Qing is indeed loyal and brave, but Jiannu is extremely fierce. The [-] Ning Navy elite soldiers under his command are the elite soldiers of my Ming Dynasty. If he loses, the consequences will be disastrous. Let him rely on the strong city Stick to it!"

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he had selfish intentions.Although he was dissatisfied with Concubine Li Kang, the problem was that he was good to the Eighth Sister Li Weiti. At least when he was young, this sister stole food from him a lot. He remembered this kindness. He just found a husband for his sister. Son-in-law, and what's even more rare is that Zhu Weiti doesn't dislike Cheng Shijie.

Now there is only one procedural difference between Zhu Weiti and Cheng Shijie. Sun Chengzong has another duty when he comes to Beijing this time, which is to act as Cheng Shijie’s male matchmaker, while Xu Guangqi is the female matchmaker. This minister of rites and cabinet minister has enough prestige and qualifications to serve as this matchmaker.

Sun Chengzong's qualifications are also sufficient.

Hearing the news that the [-] soldiers of Jiannu were heading south, Emperor Chongzhen was actually a little scared. He didn't want to think that the younger sister would become a widow just after the wedding was arranged here.

Sun Chengzong sneered and said: "Hold on? When will we hold on? Time will not always be on our side. The Bohai Sea will blow up storms, hail, and even freeze. Once such an accident occurs, the southern Liaoning The supply line at sea will be broken! If you don’t have the courage to confront the enemy, no matter how strong the city is, you won’t be able to defend it! I beg your Majesty not to interfere with General Cheng’s command, let him go and fight Jiannu!”

Chongzhen asked with some fear: "What if we lose?"

"If you are defeated, continue to train the new army, and continue to fight!"

Cheng Shijie got up and said: "Until the Jiannu are beaten to the ground! I think that even if the Ning Haijun is completely wiped out, I can re-train a stronger new army within a year, with hundreds of millions The people of Li are your backing, so why not be afraid of them!"

"There is no shortage of soldiers. This military training always needs money and food, right? What about money? What about food, how to solve it?"

"Your Majesty will give the minister Shigang Yanyin, and the money will be enough for the minister to train the new army!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Your Majesty, Huang Taiji said that 310 troops were going south, and he would never dare to come out in full force. The number of 400 must be an imaginary number. Three hundred households are regarded as a cattle record for Jiannu, and each household draws a penny." , then 700 Ding is one Niulu, and there are 800 and eight Niulu in the whole army, with a total of 6 troops. If two households draw one Ding, only [-] people can be drawn, and if three households draw one Ding, only [-] people can be drawn. It can draw [-] people. I think that Huang Taiji can draw [-] or [-] horses at most, and he would never dare to come out with all his strength!"

"What you said makes sense, but it's just speculation!"

"Chen, don't be afraid that Jiannu will come out in full force. If Jiannu really come out in full force, we don't need to fight this battle, and we will definitely win!"

Sun Chengzong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Dongjiang Army?"

"That's right!"

Cheng Shijie said: "I have the right to control the Dongjiang Army. Once the Jiannu come out, the rear will definitely be empty. I will order the Huanglong Department of the Dongjiang Army to draw [-] to [-] elite soldiers, go north along the Yalu River, and attack the left and right guards of Jiannu."

Of course, Cheng Shijie has another arrangement, that is Chen Dayong's headquarters in Shuangchengwei. After four months of military expansion, there are nearly [-] soldiers and civilians deployed in Meituo Lake. The five cities of Meituo Lake are all along the lake. Jian, if Jiannu thinks that the frozen Meituo Lake can allow Jiannu to come and go freely, they will definitely enjoy the taste of winter travel.

Meituo Lake has now become a huge trap. The Meituo Lake filled with explosives will be blasted when Jiannu is walking on the lake, so that Jiannu can try the taste of flooding the Seventh Army.

Even if Jiannu doesn't move, Chen Dayong's department can mobilize a few small-scale troops to attack the hinterland of Haidong Jurchen. The question now is whether Jiannu is willing to take the gamble.

Chongzhen was silent for a long time and said: "I have to think again... Cheng Qing, Mr. Sun Ge, you go back first!"

After finishing speaking, he walked out without waiting for the two to salute. He really had to think about it.

After Cheng Shijie and Sun Chengzong left, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Xu Guangqi who had just recovered from a serious illness.

Along with the summoning of Xu Guangqi, there were also three cabinet ministers, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru.

The question is still the same: "Who do you think will win this battle?"

At this time, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, a scholar of Jianji Temple, and Wen Tiren have been at odds with each other.

There is no way, Wen Tiren will definitely oppose the policies proposed by Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Yanru will definitely oppose the policies proposed by Wen Tiren, and vice versa.Zhou Yanru, regardless of right or wrong, definitely supports Wen Tiren's objection.

Instead, it was Xu Guangqi's proposition. In order to win over Xu Guangqi and his Western Fa Party, the two kept showing their favor. However, on the issue of Ning Haijun's dispatch of troops, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru unexpectedly joined forces.

In fact, what the two of them want to see most is that Cheng Shijie and Hou Jin fight to the death together.

If Hou Jin loses tens of thousands of soldiers, he will be honest, and if Cheng Shijie dies, the momentum of military men threatening the status of civil servants will come to an abrupt end, and they can openly divide Cheng Shijie's properties in southern Liaoning one by one and make a fortune. Could there be a better ending than this?
As for Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru and Wen Renti didn't take it seriously. For an old scholar like Xu Guangqi, it was like Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts, a piece of cake.

I just don't know if I can do it...

The three cabinet ministers, plus Xu Guangqi, all agreed with Cheng Shijie's fight, so the issue was settled in this way.

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was very efficient once. Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to marry Cheng Shijie to Princess Zhu Weiti of Le'an. After receiving the order to thank Cheng Shijie, he took the imperial order and headed for southern Liaoning.

At the same time, the Jiannu vanguard was blocked by the Ning Navy in the Qianshan area in the middle of Yeliao.Ning Haijun's blocking position is not complicated. It is to lay thick and long wooden stakes on the ground, and then pull up iron wires, at least 1.6 meters high, to enclose the entire camp like a fence.

Speaking of iron wire, this kind of iron wire is different from the iron wire of later generations. There is no tin plating process, and the iron wire produced is very easy to rust. As long as a layer of skin is cut, the wound will definitely be infected.

This is exactly what Cheng Shijie needed. When he first arrived in southern Liaoning, the Ning Navy still adopted parapet and trench tactics. At that time, there was no iron wire, because this thing seemed simple, but it was not easy to manufacture.

Later, under the reminder of Cheng Shijie, the craftsmen of Ning Haijun manufactured a hydraulic wire drawing machine, and the speed can be adjusted through the gear set.

The reason for the production of iron wire is for the needs of construction projects. To build reinforced concrete buildings, it is necessary to make a steel frame. Without the support of cement and steel bars, cement is too brittle and easy to crack, but with the reinforcement of steel bars, the effect is stronger. more than doubled.

But the problem is that after the shaft technology solved the production technology of seamless steel pipe, rebar and engineering steel, there was no electric welding. To make a steel frame, the only way to do it is to burn a piece of steel red and rivet the steel bar together. Connected together, this is both slow and expensive.

Later, after encountering iron wire, the progress of this project was increased several times, so the need for iron wire increased.The production of iron wire and steel wire is the flagship product of Hansteel Group, especially the special steel wire used in some special environments. The quality of Hansteel Group's products can compete at the world level.

As a technician, Cheng Shijie was very familiar with this set of production technology, so he took the lead in transforming a semi-manual wire drawing machine in the late Ming Dynasty.

With the production of this kind of iron wire, it has been used by more and more pro-fields. In addition to engineering infrastructure, many people buy iron wire and use wooden stakes and iron wire to surround it and use it as a sheepfold. In this way, the cost is even higher. low and more efficient.

Of course, iron wire is also very convenient in the field of military applications. Hanging a bell as a warning post can also be used as a rope to stop a horse, or as a sharp weapon for killing people, cutting off people's heads and tripping horses.

At this time, in the Qianshan area, barbed wire fences were erected wherever they could pass by. In addition to the barbed wire fences, there were also trenches. The same is true for Dujiabao, Dujiabao and Zhangjiabao, which are adjacent to each other for a few miles.

With barbed wire, ditches, and forts, the present Ning Naval fortifications are formed.

Just as Cheng Shijie boarded the warship of the Ning Navy Navy in Tianjin and headed for Haizhou at the fastest speed, General Jiannu also arrived at the front line. They looked at the fortifications of the Ning Navy and were suddenly at a loss.

Seeing this scene, Mang Gurtai frowned, "Strange, strange, what the hell is Minggou doing? Twelfth brother, you have fought against Minggou, do you know what they are doing?"

Azig shook his head: "They did dig a ditch last time, but there was no such a fence!"

Abate's attention was attracted by the barbed wire fence, and he sneered, "Ming Gou actually wants to use such a thin wooden fence to block my Eight Banners elite? Don't you underestimate us?"

Du Du stroked his beard and said, "The iron wire is a good thing to strengthen the sheepfold. If you surround it with such a circle, the sheep will not be able to get out."

Mang Gurtai waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter what they want to do, even if they want to dig a grave, we can't let them do it!"

"That's right, you can try it out!"

Huang Taiji came to Ning Haijun's formation and looked around, but didn't see a reason, he looked at Yue Tuo and said: "Yue Tuo!"

"The slave is here!"

"Take your people and look around. King Ben Khan still doesn't believe it. They will use this thing to enclose all the land!"

"Yes, Master!"

Yue Tuo returned to the main formation, facing the more than [-] elite troops embroidered with red flags, he said: "Look around, is the Minggou fence tight?"

Following Yue Tuo's order, the [-] elite cavalry with red flags scattered away. After half a day, they returned one after another to report to Yue Tuo.

The situation is really not optimistic. Ning Haijun's courage is very strong. From Taizihe to Hunhe to Qianshan, which is more than 500 miles long, all of them have been arranged.

After receiving the report from Yue Tuo, Huang Taiji's eyes shot out with murderous intent: "Sure enough, Cheng Shijie, the traitor, has been prepared for a long time. He never thought of becoming friends with our Dajin!"

"Dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, I think the surname Cheng is tired of work!"

Hauge was still trying to show off, but Huang Taiji stared at him coldly, he shrank his head in fright, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Yueto!"

Before Huang Taiji could finish speaking, Hauge mustered up his courage and said, "King Khan, this slave wants to be the vanguard, take the lead!"

Haoge got up early to see Ning Haijun's defense line. This line of defense is very simple, just a few wooden stakes and a piece of barbed wire. A fool can break through. As long as the first battle is fought well, who would dare to say that Haoge is a waste.

Huang Taiji thought for a while, and reluctantly agreed to Hauge's request.

A day later, more than a dozen cannons finally arrived at the front line. Haoge took the lead in ordering Sun Youguang, who was in the banner of the Han army. Meile Zhangjing, who served as Sun Yougong's stay, was not the later deputy capital commander, or the deputy banner owner.

The trilogy under Sun Youguang's command is mostly the old subordinates of Sun Yougong of the Ming army. They are good at using firearms on foot and cavalry. It is good use. Compared with Ning Haijun who practiced almost every day, they are nothing.

"Boom..."

There were deafening roars from more than a dozen doors, and the hot shot pulled out a beautiful parabola and slammed towards Ning's naval position.There was a burst of exclamation from Ning Haijun's position, and the soldiers who were busy reinforcing the fortifications hurriedly hid in the trenches.

In fact, they had nowhere to go but the trenches.Such a cowardly move drew merciless ridicule from the Jiannu warriors: "Oh, the Ming dog has turned into a turtle!"

It doesn't matter whether the tortoise stretches its head, or the tortoise shrinks its head. Anyway, the first shell has not landed yet, and there is only one Ning navy soldier on the surface of the position.

The shell hit the mound fiercely, and the soil splashed everywhere. This soft mound was vulnerable!However, what is surprising is that the shell hit the loose soil and sank into it all at once, unable to move!
The shells flew over one after another, either hitting the mound in front of the trench or crossing the trench and hitting the open space behind. As for the shells that happened to hit the trench, not one in ten could be seen!
The actual combat experience of Ning Navy soldiers is very insufficient. After all, the speed of military expansion is too fast, and many soldiers have no actual combat experience.The Ning navy soldiers were nervous at the beginning, but they were all happy to see that the Jiannu artillerymen had been fighting for a long time without a single shell hitting anyone.

During the interval between the roar of artillery fire, Houjin laughed loudly: "Jiannu, haven't you eaten milk today? You will be exhausted even if you fire a cannon!"

"Jiannu, you've been acting so hard!!"

"Jiannu, did you learn the technique of shooting cannons from your teacher's wife?"

"Jiannu, you are sending cannonballs to grandpa, right?"

Some brave Ning navy soldiers pulled out the shells stuck in the loose soil and threw them to play. It melts the bullets used for firecrackers, which is good anyway.

Others followed suit one after another, picking up the steaming shells during the shelling, and they picked up a bunch after a while, and they laughed happily.

The shelling effect was very poor, Hauge's face turned dark instantly, and looking at Sun Youguang again, the eyes were eyes, and the nose was no longer a nose.

"Clap clap clap..."

Hauge raised his whip and whipped it towards Sun Youguang. With more than a dozen whips, Sun Youguang rolled all over the ground.

Even the soldiers of Ning Haijun, who are enemies, did not go down: "You traitor, see, this is what happens when you join Jiannu!"

Facing Ning Haijun's ridicule, Hauge was so angry that the elite with the white flag retreated and let a Mongolian left battalion and the whole army press up.

Jiannu has always liked to use the cheapest cannon fodder in wars. Whether it is artillery and firecrackers, including crossbows, they all have a service life. Red, if you don't do it well, it will explode. When the cannon fodder consumes almost all the artillery and firecrackers of the Ming army, the elites of the Eight Banners of Jiannu will swarm up and pick the fruits of victory.

The Mongolian Zuoying is the most elite servant army of Jiannu, and its status is detached. It is above the Mongolian Right Camp and the Han Banner, and even has a higher status than many Jiannu's coated slaves and even armored soldiers. This is why Horqin Mongolia Fundamentally, they are loyal and reliable, and have good combat effectiveness and excellent equipment.

The sound of hoofbeats resounded, and a group of Mongolian cavalry swept like a hurricane towards the Ning Navy position in front of Qianshan Town Fort, which was about to be pockmarked by artillery fire.It seems that Hou Jin also realized that this seemingly simple fortification is weird, and it cannot be destroyed by artillery fire alone. Therefore, they sent out thousands of Mongolian cavalry to find out the truth first.

As soon as they saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing up, the Ninghai soldiers in charge of defense laughed: "Brothers, we found out, don't shoot, let the Mongols come closer!"

"Understood, if you shoot from a long distance, it's not that you can't shoot accurately, but it's that you can't kill people!"

"That's right, that's the reason. We brothers are exhausted, so we can't do good deeds. Remember the slogan of our Division C, chop off people's heads to make money!"

"It's a pity, it's just Mongolians!"

"The master will come when all the dogs are dead!"

"Get it!"

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, until the Mongolian soldiers rushed to the barbed wire fence, and then, there was no more.

"Bang bang bang..."

The sound of firecrackers sounded like popping beans, and these Mongolian cavalrymen who wanted to cut off the barbed wire with their sabers sadly found that no matter how hard they tried, the barbed wire was still tough.

There is no way, the barbed wire is extremely elastic, and there is no place for the iron wire to bear the force. Therefore, no matter how much force is used, these iron core nets will not move. No, it should be said that the iron wire is flying up and down, but it is chaotic and continuous.

Looking at the busy Mongolian soldiers, the Xunlei blunderbuss, a Ming version of the original machine gun, began to fire, and the bullets of the Xunlei blunderbuss drilled bloody flowers on the Mongolian cavalrymen.

The Feilei cannons hidden in front of the trench array also began to speak one after another, and the cannons fired at the same time. At this time, the Mongolian cavalry squadron in front of Qianshan Fort suddenly splashed blood rain, and the heavy, powerful kinetic energy The shot put rampages, and whether it is a man or a horse in front of it, it is full of blood, and the torn tendons and broken bones are flying up, making people sick.

Feilei cannon shells are explosives that fall on the Mongolian cavalry formation, and orange-red fireballs rise up. With the fireballs as dots, people or horses within a radius of 50 meters are turned into pieces of flesh and blood. There was a rain of flesh and blood.

It’s like 50 meters away, those Mongolian soldiers didn’t end well. Many of them didn’t have wounds, but they didn’t make a sound. If they were fixed by the immobilization technique, if you look carefully, these people would bleed from all seven orifices, and they didn’t have any external injuries. However, the shock wave shattered their internal organs.

More than a thousand Mongolian cavalry stepped forward to test, but none of them returned. They all died in front of the formation. It got fragments, and some were cut into pieces by artillery shells.

The sound of artillery, thunder and blunderbuss, and the sound of crossbows piercing the air finally stopped, and the battlefield fell into a terrible silence.

All Jiannu generals, including Huang Taiji, gasped.

This nima is too scary.

More than a thousand people were easily wiped out by Ning Haijun in just one stick of incense, but only a few soldiers of Ning Haijun were shot by Mongolian bows and arrows. Because of their strong armor, they were shot into hedgehogs, but No shit, just a little blood at most, that's all.

Ning Haijun was also frightened, and was speechless for a long time.

Hauge only felt a little difficult to breathe: "This... this..."

PS: Today is the birthday of book friend Feng Yu Wufei. I wish her a happy birthday, good health, and happy family forever.

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