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

Chapter 163 Happiness comes too suddenly
Chapter 162

Jinzhou, Pingliao General's Mansion.

Zu Dashou also learned from his channels that Cheng Shijie of the Ninghai Navy had won another big victory. He won five battles and five victories successively, and achieved a record of beheading more than [-] levels.

Zu Dashou hasn't made a statement yet, but Wu Xiang sighed: "Cheng Shijie still has a way of fighting, and he can win such a difficult battle... Zu Shuai, judging from the situation, it may be difficult for Jiannu to win Haizhou has taken advantage, should we send some troops to help Ning Haijun?"

Wu Xiang's meaning is very obvious, this is a good opportunity to make military achievements, don't let it go!
Zu Dashou's face was a bit gloomy. It's not that he didn't want to take advantage of this military achievement, but he couldn't trust Wu Xiang. If Guan Ning's army were to go up, I'm afraid that Ning's navy's stable victory would be broken.

Perhaps seeing Zu Dashou's concerns, Zu Dale said: "This battle is attracting the attention of the whole country. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate for our Guan Ning army to continue to stand by and watch. Look, should we take advantage of the emptiness of Jiannu's defense and pull out a few soldiers?" A stronghold closer to Jinzhou, or let my younger brother lead an elite army to Lushun to fight in Lushun, so as to have an explanation to the court?"

Zu Dashou stood up with a loud cry, and stared sharply at Wu Xiang: "Fight, fight, you know how to fight, and you don't even think about it. Jianu is really so easy to fight? Do you really think Jianu is a soft persimmon?"

Wu Xiang hurriedly explained: "Shuai Zu, I mean, what we mean is that we don't really fight, we send thousands of steps to ride over, and everyone will be happy to win, and the defeat has nothing to do with our Guan Ning army. Anyway, this battle is Cheng Shijie's. Full command, we just cooperate with him to fight!"

It was fine if Wu Xiang didn't open his mouth, and breathed out the anger of his ancestor's birthday: "How about the battle of Daling River? The imperial court mobilized no less than one hundred thousand elites, and it turned out that they were not recruited by Jiannu in batches." Annihilated on the banks of the Daling River, especially our Guanning Army, suffered heavy losses, and have not recovered until now!"

Wu Xiang shrank her head and dared not speak any more.

Wu Sangui smiled and said: "What uncle said is very true, that kid Cheng Shijie just won a few battles by chance, what's so great about it? Once Jiannu gets ruthless and fights to the death with him, he will definitely not be able to hold on!"

Wu Xiang murmured: "What Zu Shuai means is, wait and see?"

"Liuhuan, Uncle Chang, and all of you, you must remember that these soldiers and horses are the capital for us to live and work in this troubled world. Our prosperity and wealth depend on this. Every step must be cautious. Unnecessary!"

Zu Dashou eased his tone, and continued: "Besides, even if Haizhou wins, what good is it for us? It's okay if we lose, but if we win, it's hard to guarantee that the imperial court will not be overheated, vigorously support Ning Haijun, and bring A large sum of military pay and military equipment was allocated to them, but our Guan Ning army got nothing in the end!"

"What Zu Shuai said is absolutely true!"

Hearing these words, Zu Dale and Zu Dabi's hearts turned cold.

In the Battle of Daling River, the Ancestral Family Army suffered heavy losses. It is absolutely impossible to say that they do not want to avenge this revenge.However, Zu Dashou has changed. As the head of the Zu family, they will never contradict Zu Dashou in front of Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui came from afar. Zu Dashou hosted a banquet for Wu Xiang and his son. After drinking three rounds and cooking five flavors, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son left Jinzhou.

Zu Dabi and Zu Dale were in a bad mood. Although they didn't have a fit at the banquet, they kept drinking.

Seeing that Zu Dashou was not there, Zu Dabi got up suddenly, and was about to go to the backyard to look for Zu Dashou to explain clearly, but just as he got up, Zu Dale grabbed Zu Dabi's hand: "Second brother!"

Zu Dabi said angrily, "What are you doing?"

"do not go!"

"I'm going, I'll ask him if he's scared by Jian Nu!"

"Second brother, big brother won't agree, he is no longer the old big brother!"

Zu Dabi angrily kicked at the table case, which was made of green gang wood and weighed five or six hundred catties. Zu Dabi only slightly moved the table case, but kicked his feet alive. pain.

"hiss……"

At this time, Zu Dashou came out slowly. He looked at Zu Dabi and said, "Are you drunk? Someone take the second child down to sober up!!"

"I'm not drunk!"

"Just like you, how can I trust you!"

Zu Dabi was ecstatic in his heart: "Brother means..."

"Hui'er has been in Jinzhou for a longer time, you take someone to bring Hui'er back!"

Zu Dabi felt a little disappointed: "Yes!"

"Now the land in Liaodong is not peaceful, you bring more troops, bring... three thousand, not six thousand cavalry, take Hui'er over!"

Zu Dabi was ecstatic: "Yes, big brother!"

The [-] cavalry is the only family property that Big Brother Zu can afford today, and most of the [-] cavalry are of Mongolian descent.After Jin attacked Monan Mongolia, Lin Dan Khan's Ujumqin, Sunit, Haoqite and other ministries defected to Lin Dan Khan's ally and brother-in-law Shuo Lei Jinong in order to escape the war. Some also defected to Huang Taiji, and some Some surrendered to Zu Dashou.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Mongols are good at riding and shooting, Zu Dashou gave these Mongols excellent armor, excellent equipment, and their generous treatment. Their combat effectiveness is top-notch in the Guanning Army. With the Mongolian cavalry with enhanced equipment, they can fight against Jiannu red armored soldiers on the battlefield. Of course, in all fairness, they are worse than white armored soldiers.

Brothers Zu Dabi and Zu Dale each led [-] cavalry, a total of [-] cavalry, with half a month of dry food, and headed towards Haizhou. Zu Dashou took his adopted daughter Li Hui home under the name of Zu Dashou.

This name is actually to guard against some people inside the Guan Ning Army.

Zu Dashou said: "When you arrive in Haizhou, you have to be dispatched by Cheng Shijie. Even if you lose [-] cavalry, you must not retreat without authorization."

Zu Dabi excitedly said: "Brother, don't worry, there are no cowards in our ancestor's family!"

Zu Dabi and Zu Dale moved very quickly, at a speed of two to three hundred miles per day, and it took four days to finally arrive at Baliwan Town. When they saw Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie was meeting Huang Long, the commander of the Dongjiang Army.

Huang Long and Zu Dashou also had the same purpose, but he did not follow Cheng Shijie's order to head north from the Yalu River and head straight for Shenyang, the hometown of Jiannu.

"Cheng Shuai, you don't know. Now Shenyang is an empty city. Those who can be moved have already been moved. In early October, Erdeni Qiqige (Zhezhe) took Princess Gulun and other children to Horqin Blessings!"

Cheng Shijie suddenly realized that it turned out that Huang Taiji was fighting with his back this time. He moved his family away in advance. In Horqin Mongolia, he and Huang Taiji belonged to wearing a pair of pants. What's more, the distance is too far, sending troops to surprise attack is simply a gift.

Then, after all this, Chen Dayong's troops are probably in vain.

"It is precisely because I just found out that Shenyang has become an empty city, I brought [-] elite Dongjiang Army here to listen to Hou Chengshuai!"

"And I!"

Zu Dabi bowed towards Cheng Shijie and saluted: "Zu Dabi was ordered by Zu Shuai to lead 6000 elite Guanning troops to support Cheng Shuai. Da Le and I, we have [-] people, and Cheng Shuai will fight wherever Cheng Shuai dictates!"

"it is good!"

Cheng Shijie said it well, but in fact he didn't have much hope for Guan Ning's army. On the contrary, he believed that Zu Dashou sent 6000 people here specifically to give Jiannu a place to help.

The 6000 Guanning Army is in Haizhou, and Cheng Shijie needs to send at least [-] people to guard them. If he wants to use infantry to guard the cavalry, he must call in Thunderbolts and Feilei Cannons.

In this way, Cheng Shijie felt powerless like a mustache.

Pig teammates.

Just like during World War II, Germany once commented on the Italian army. If Italy is the enemy, ten divisions of the German army can destroy Italy. If Italy is an ally, unfortunately, I will send fifty divisions to support him.

Cheng Shijie felt this way now, but there was nothing he could do. Guan Ning's army was still Daming's army, at least a fairly capable army, but this army was too uncertain, and Cheng Shijie had to guard against them.

Of course, this must not be said explicitly, but done secretly.

Cheng Shijie laughed and said, "Come on!"

Meng En, Wu Sheng's second apprentice, has now become the general manager of Cheng Shijie Communications Bureau. Of course, Wu Sheng has also been promoted. He is now the general manager of the bodyguard department. Yes for sure.

Meng En said: "Commander, let the brothers from Dongjiang Army and Guan Ning Army stay here first, and kill sheep and eat meat today~!"

"Yes!"

Meng En looked at the signal Cheng Shijie gave him. Cheng Shijie tapped the table three times with his left hand when he was talking about the Dongjiang Army, and five times with his right hand when he was talking about the Guan Ning Army.

Meng En placed Guan Ning Army in the left battalion of the Ning Navy Central Army, and Dongjiang Army in the right camp.Keeping Guan Ningjun at ease with the Chinese army is not only a superficial trust in Guan Ning's army, but also the most effective supervision of Guan Ning's army.

You must know that Cheng Shijie's guard capital is the capital with the highest firearms equipment in Cheng Shijie. Only the Thunderbolt is equipped with 32 whistles, a total of 250 six, and the Feilei Cannon also has 72 whistles, a total of [-].

If the [-] Guan Ning Army changes, the guards of the Ning Navy can teach Guan Ning Army what is iron and what is steel.

[-] reinforcements arrived at the Baliwan camp, and it was not an easy task to accommodate these troops, even though Cheng Shijie was well prepared, and it would take a long time to say the least.

The gang leader set up a big pot with foresight, lit a fire, and started cooking.These soldiers have been hungry for a whole day, so we must give them a good meal quickly.

The food arrangements for the officers and men of the Guan Ning Army and the Dong Jiang Army are the same, and there is no limit. Meals for 4000 people.

With the addition of the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army, the efficiency has improved a lot. First of all, the salted fish is fried in a pan with some oil, and the smell of fish will soon come out.

Then there are large pieces of mutton. The mutton is boiled with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to make a thick mutton soup. Then the potato noodles are reconciled, and the potato noodles are pulled into bean sprouts and thrown into the pot. The bubbles and aroma Tangy.

Zu Dabi looked at the mutton in the bowls of the soldiers of the Guan Ning Army. Each piece of mutton was at least half a catty in size. There are too many.

That's right, Cheng Shijie didn't have military expenses from the imperial court, but he went to get a total of 280 million Yanyin from Emperor Chongzhen. This is a huge sum of money, and it was placed in other people's hands. In the hands of Cheng Shijie, the iodized salt he sold was worth 1709 million taels of silver, four and a half times that of ordinary salt.

This is the huge profits of technology monopoly. The military expenditure Guan Ningjun got was [-]% to [-]% from the national treasury, and he had to manage it up and down, but Cheng Shijie didn't need to manage it. Even if he managed something with a high potential, it was basically worthless. In addition, you can also share some money from the high dive.

Especially in one year of farming, Cheng Shijie's net profit exceeded 400 million taels of silver. Even if Ning Haijun expanded five times, he could still afford it.

Facing the food with plenty of oil and water, the [-] Guanning Army plus more than [-] Dongjiang Army is not a small number.

Zu Dabi said uneasily: "Cheng Shuai, you... are you spending too much money!"

Huang Long said with a smile: "Cheng Shuai is a rich man, you can rest assured that you will not be able to eat him poorly, and work hard for Cheng Shuai, what's wrong with eating a few meals of him!"

Huanglong calmly picked up a large bowl, which could be called a basin, filled it with mutton noodles, and ordered two pancakes, crushed the pancakes, put them into the bowl, and devoured them hungrily.

Cheng Shijie's bowl was the real size, and he also sipped the mutton soup with a little chili oil added, feeling delighted...

While eating, Zu Dale smiled and said: "Jiannu dispatched nearly [-]% of the best troops to attack Haizhou. They originally wanted to take down Haizhou with the momentum of Mount Tai, but now it has become a war of attrition. They Its national power is far inferior to that of Ming Dynasty, and its manpower, financial resources, food and grass reserves are all incomparable to that of Ming Dynasty, Haizhou cannot be attacked for a long time, Cheng Shuai, your trick is poisonous!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "The best way to deal with a strong enemy like Jiannu is to use the national power to consume them little by little and crush them. Since they can be exhausted by consumption, fools will fight wildly with them." !"

Zu Dabi was a little surprised and asked: "Cheng Shuai doesn't think he wants to go on like this until Jiannu retreats?"

"Of course not! They came all the way to kill and plunder, how many soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty have been slaughtered, and they have to pay a price, right? The territory of the Ming Dynasty is not their back garden, so come and leave whenever you want!"

Cheng Shijie punched a head of garlic, blew off the garlic skin, and said with a slight smile: "When the time comes, I will fight back vigorously. I won't be Cheng if I don't beat them out of shit!"

Cheng Shijie's generosity allowed the soldiers of the Guan Ning Army and the Dongjiang Army to enjoy a big meal that they might not be able to eat during the Chinese New Year. During this meal, the soldiers of the Guan Ning Army and the Dongjiang Army were so full that they burped their bellies.

The generals of the Guan Ning Army were even more warmly received and enjoyed a sumptuous meal. Cheng Shijie also gave each of them a straight Tang knife that cuts iron like mud, and a set of armor made of fine steel. These generals of the Guan Ning Army were so happy that they couldn't find North.

Guan Ning's army is not poor. Compared with Ning Haijun, they are really poor. They have no choice. Iron and steel mining is difficult, and it is a controlled material. It is not like Cheng Shijie, who closes the door to mine iron ore and make steel by himself.

The generals know how expensive a pair of iron armor is now, and it costs two or three hundred taels of silver, and it may not be possible to buy it.

The timing for Cheng Shijie to wait was actually heavy snow, because Jiannu's troops had too many cavalry, while Cheng Shijie's cavalry troops were too few. Once the battle was unfavorable, Jiannu would run away and he would not be able to catch up.

But the problem is that once it snows, it will be different. As long as the snow cover exceeds [-] to [-] centimeters, the horses will not be able to run, and there is no permanent military camp, and Jiannu will definitely experience a large number of non-combat attrition.

On October 23, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the blizzard that Cheng Shijie was looking forward to finally came.

"Within three days, there will be a blizzard."

Cheng Shijie asked more than one old farmer. These people all have the ability to see the cloud and know the sky. In order to avoid accidents, he consulted more than 100 farmers who are over 50 years old and have the ability to see the cloud and know the sky.

"The time is ripe!"

Cheng Shijie slammed his fist on the table, looked at the generals of Guanning Army, Ning Haijun, and Dongjiang Army, and said, "Mr. Song, write a letter of war!"

Song Xiance bowed and said, "Yes!"

Song Xiance wrote more than [-] characters in a letter of war, and Cheng Shijie glanced at it and said, "It's soft!"

"Soft?"

Song Xiance was a little puzzled: "What's so soft?"

"The gauntlet has been softened!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said, "The commander-in-chief said, you write it!"

"Yes!"

"Huang Taiji, you have pissed me off. After three days, I will come to Baliwan to fight to the death!"

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it!"

Cheng Shijie said: "I can add a few more words, the area to the east of Baliwan is tens of miles, and the area is flat, if you have the guts, come here, if you don't have the guts, go home and take your children!"

Song Xiance felt that Cheng Shijie was too vulgar, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie had to obey when he ordered in front of all the generals.

Sun Zhichen felt his forehead bulging. Of course, he knew that Cheng Shijie couldn't be dismantled in the current situation. After all the generals left, Song Xiance took the war letter, but it felt like a thousand catties.

"Cheng Shuai!"

"There is no outsider here, called Master Uncle!"

"Yes, uncle, now..."

Sun Zhichen smiled wryly and said: "Now you can recruit civilians, pretend to be the elite soldiers of the Ning Navy, and wait in full force at Baliwan, or you can send a partial division to go around Jiannu's rear, attacking Jiannu back and forth... In this way, Jiannu will definitely be defeated. If we don't fight, we will be defeated, and our army will take advantage of the momentum to cover up the killing, and Jiannu will definitely be defeated."

Sun Zhichen's words won Song Xiance's admiration, he said with a smile: "Sun Gongzi is right!"

"There are tricks. This commander has many strategies. The general staff has no less than ten sets of plans for this battle. Why would this commander choose to abandon the strategy and fight against the wilderness of Jiannu, and it is still in a situation that is conducive to Jiannu's terrain?" ?”

Song Xiance shook his head: "I don't know the sect!"

Sun Zhichen also shook his head.

Cheng Shijie said loudly: "I don't want to play tricks and tricks with Jiannu, but want to fight Jiannu openly and squarely, use real knives and guns to fight Jiannu head-on, just want to smash the myth of Jiannu with a hammer, what do you say?" The Jurchens are dissatisfied and invincible, this squeamishness, this commander will kill them, and make them pee their pants when they see our army's flag!"

"This……"

Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Zhichen and said with a smile: "Are you trying to say that this kind of head-to-head play is stupid, and we will die a lot of people?"

Sun Zhichen nodded and said, "Yes!"

"But if you want to eliminate Jiannu as soon as possible, this is the best way. To frighten Jiannu as soon as possible and destroy their confidence and pride, this is the only way!"

Song Xiance nodded and said: "Commander, if we can really scare Jiannu completely in one battle, when the two armies face each other in the future, Jiannu will be three points before the battle, and we will save a lot of blood, so this battle Even sacrificing a few more soldiers is worth it!"

"That's it, send the letter of war to Jiannu!"

"Yes!"

……

In the Qianshan area, on a high hill overlooking the entire defense system of Qianshan Town, Huang Taiji's Great Tent of the King of Khan was built here.

After more than half a month of probing, Huang Taiji did not find any loopholes in the Ning Navy's defense line, nor did he know how to break the situation. Now his food reserves are running out, and morale is declining rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Now Huang Taiji is also riding a tiger. This is the first time he has encountered a city that he wants to capture but has not captured, and he wants to fight a battle that he has not won. The last time was in Ningyuan. At that time, his father Nurhachi was in command. The Ming army, defending the city with heavy artillery, broke through their attack.

But since ascending to the Khan throne, Huang Taiji has never fought such an aggrieved battle.

This kind of line of defense can only be described as "cut off children and grandchildren", if you want to gnaw down such a line of defense, don't try to be tricky, honestly fill it with human life, according to the shamelessness of this line of defense, if you want to gnaw it down, It is impossible not to die tens of thousands of people.

The most terrible thing is that taking down this line of defense is only the beginning. From Qianshan to Taizihe, and then to Haizhou, there is a defense depth of more than [-] miles. Even if the Qianshan line of defense is broken, Haizhou's defense system is still intact Well, the devil knows what wicked tricks the Ming army has prepared for them!

Worry!

Huang Taiji felt that he was becoming less and less energetic.

Of course he has no energy. For half a month, he hasn't had a good night's sleep. Is it any wonder he is in good spirits?

Yue Tuo smiled wryly and said: "King Khan, the Ming army is too tightly guarded. Unless they are willing to leave the trenches and open their camps to fight our army, otherwise it will be difficult for us to do anything to them!"

Huang Taiji looked gloomy, and said displeasedly: "Impossible, the Ming army is determined to exhaust us, how could they..."

While talking, a Jiannu scout scrambled into the big tent.

"Report to King Khan, great joy!"

"Overjoyed?"

Huang Taiji frowned: "What joy is there for King Ben Khan!"

"The Ming army has called the battle, and they are going to have a decisive battle with my army at Baliwan!"

Huang Taiji hastily reached out to take the letter of war. On the cover of the book of war, the words "Book of War" were neatly written in official script, and inside were Cheng Shijie's original words.

Huang Taiji rubbed his eyes, it was not a fake, and it was stamped with Cheng Shijie's big seal, the general's program for conquering captives, the program for the General Army of the Ning Navy, the program for the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and the program for the Dongjiang Army...

These big seals prove it's no joke.

"Ha ha!"

Happiness came too suddenly, so suddenly that Huang Taiji couldn't believe it.

(End of this chapter)