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

Chapter 89 Misjudgment
Chapter 088

"Millions of heroes roll up the white flag, and no one in the world goes to western Liaoning!"

This itself is an anagram, but the problem is that it was widely spread in the late Ming Dynasty, almost comparable to the "Death Song of Wuxiang Liaodong Wave" created by Wang Bo in the late Sui Dynasty.It also has the same deterrent effect.

After a series of fiascos such as the fiasco of Sarhu, the Battle of Hunhe, the annihilation of the Sichuan and Zhejiang armies, the fall of Shenyang, and the fiasco of Dalinghe, the Ming Dynasty, whether civil servants or military generals, regarded Liaoxi as a fearful path.

Of course, western Liaoning is different from southern Liaoning. At least western Liaoning has sufficient supplies. The fortresses built during Sun Chengzong's period are still there. Although the offense is insufficient, the defense is not a big problem.

In fact, until Wu Sangui changed his clothes and shaved his hair and surrendered to the Manchu Qing, the Manchu Qing had never broken through the Guanning line of defense. As for Southern Liaoning, except for Sun Yuanhua, he was still deeply concerned about it, and had long been selectively forgotten by the ministers.

The Ming army defending southern Liaoning, that is, the Dongjiang Army headquarters has only about [-] soldiers, and they lack food and clothing, and their equipment is seriously insufficient. Of course, everyone is happy when the Dongjiang Army wins the battle. Among them, many ministers have selectively become ostriches.

No general has ever proposed to personally lead troops to reinforce southern Liaoning. If he did this, everyone would definitely think that he was crazy and his mind was trapped by the door.Fortunately, Cheng Shijie, as soon as he came up, he expressed that he would take the initiative to invite Ying to lead his troops to southern Liaoning and take back southern Liaoning.

With a big wave of his hand, Emperor Chongzhen gave him a first-rank military officer from Zuo Dudu. This is not a promotion, but it is clearly a honor for him after death. Maybe he can be promoted to another level and rewarded with an honorary Minister of the Ministry of War.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the back of Cheng Shijie going away, and sighed a long time: "It's a pity! Ben Xian lost an important opportunity."

Xu Dacheng asked with some puzzlement: "Master Futai means..."

"Ben Xian has no chance!"

In Sun Yuanhua's eyes, Cheng Shijie is half a dead person buried in the loess at this time, and death is the most important thing. As long as Cheng Shijie dies in the battle in southern Liaonan in the future, the imperial court will only reward him heavily, and will never pour him dirty water. The Ning Navy launched a mutiny, and that would not be settled after the fall.

Xu Dacheng was also speechless at this time.

Sun Yuanhua was still thinking about this. If it wasn't for Cheng Shijie who knew how to advance and retreat, and was replaced by a general reckless general, Sun Yuanhua's body would have grown hair.

Gao Qiqian is also not optimistic about Cheng Shijie, he thinks that Cheng Shijie doesn't understand military affairs, and he doesn't care about firecrackers and cannons. The whole army only has eight French cannons, what's the use?

The firecracker can punch through a big tree with a thick bowl mouth. Jiannu's shield is useless, but what about the crossbow?You can't shoot through iron-clad wooden shields, and you can't shoot through heavy armor. Unless you are equipped with armor-piercing heavy arrows, how can there be a firecracker to save trouble?

However, Cheng Shijie didn't feel like he was going to die. On the contrary, he still had strong self-confidence.He saw hope from the Thunderbolt. Although the power of this Thunderbolt could not be compared with the machine guns of later generations, it was barely enough to deal with Jiannu's cavalry charge.

Southern Liaoning will be Cheng Shijie's new territory. There, Cheng Shijie has thought of several ways to restrain the Jiannu cavalry, although in this era, the Jiannu cavalry and heavy infantry are unparalleled, and their combat effectiveness is very sturdy.

However, whether it is cavalry or heavy infantry, it will be eliminated in later generations.Even though Cheng Shijie hadn't arrived in Jinzhou City now, Shen Mingyu had already received Cheng Shijie's order to start laying out the defense system of Jinzhou City according to Cheng Shijie's plan.

In fact, the destination of Cheng Shijie's ship was not Jinzhou, but Gaizhou, which is Yingkou City in later generations, and now it is Gaizhouwei.

Cheng Shijie, the Four Guards of Southern Liaoning, was determined to win, and it was also his new territory. Naturally, it was impossible for him to occupy only one Golden State and let Jiannu directly burn the war to Jinzhou Guard. If that was the case, he would have no chance to develop.

His plan is to take advantage of the weak strength of the Jiannu navy, but he owns more than 300 warships. Although these warships are uneven, they have an overwhelming advantage.The navy can maneuver along the entire line along the Bohai Bay and Dalian Bay in southern Liaoning.

At any time, start a division and encirclement war against Jiannu who enters southern Liaoning. As long as Jiannu dares to come, he dares to bury him.

Since the Gunnery Bureau of the Ninghai Navy dismantled the equipment and moved to southern Liaoning, the Gunnery Bureau produced a total of 140 and eight Thunderbolts. In addition to Shen Mingyu's 130, Cheng Shijie now has [-] in his hands, which can be used at one time. With [-] rounds of ammunition, if Jiannu charges forward, he will experience what is called a hail of bullets.

In addition, the Ning Navy also has a Western-style army trained by Sun Yuanhua, equipped with more than [-] firecrackers made by Sun Yuanhua. These firecrackers are different from the firecrackers produced by the imperial court Bingzhang Bureau. The chance of killing yourself is greater than the chance of killing the enemy, and soldiers of the Ming army dare not use it.

I would rather believe in the knives in my hands, but for the batch of firecrackers made by Sun Yuanhua, Cheng Shijie once experimented with 25 of them. With the normal shooting frequency, only [-] rounds would turn red, but none of them exploded. The quality of these firecrackers is very solid.

Even if Thunderbolts and Firebolts can't stop the enemy, Cheng Shijie still has his own new toy, the land mine made of black powder. This kind of mine has never had time to deal with bandits and rebels. Phosphorus and copper wire Porcelain fragments are placed in a copper tube, which, when pulled, ignites the red phosphorus, which detonates the black powder.

The power of black powder is not as good as that of TNT, but the quantity is large enough to make up for the lack of quality.

On a large warship of the Ning Navy Navy, more than 460 Tuntian soldiers and their families were packed densely.Due to the large number of people, the narrow space, the dirty air, and the seasickness of some of the field soldiers, one can imagine the smell inside.

A woman was holding her young son, her face was pale, she was about to go crazy due to seasickness, she said to her husband beside her, "His father!"

"Ok!"

"Why can't we stay?"

The man slowly opened his eyes: "If we continue to stay in Ninghai, we will surely die!"

"How is it possible? It is the commander-in-chief who offended Mr. Futai, not us. No matter who wants to farm, they must employ people, right?"

The man stared at the woman and said, "It's really...the soil in Ninghai Prefecture has been barren for so many years, who went to reclaim it? Do you think anyone can reclaim it?"

The woman fell silent.

"When the commander-in-chief is gone, no one cares about our life and death. Those noble people have good land, so why should they go to cultivate wasteland? Besides, I went to southern Liaoning and worked with the commander-in-chief. I can earn a bucket of grain a day. You also earn Qisheng, if you don’t go to Liaonan, you will starve to death.”

"But Jianu in southern Liaoning, Jianu is very fierce!"

The man narrowed his eyes: "This damn world is nothing more than early death and late death!"

The woman hugged the child in her arms tightly: "The Liaonan side said they will give us the land?"

"What good thing do you want to do? The distribution is also given to the officers and men of the Ning Navy, not to the field army like us. However, we only need to pay [-]% of the rent, and the rest is ours! What do you want?"

"think……"

"However, the commander-in-chief doesn't want me to be old, weak, sick and disabled. If my body is not injured, I will risk my life and earn a hundred acres of land for you motherfuckers!"

The other cabin was filled with densely packed garrison soldiers, most of whom were reorganized from the rebel prisoners of Kong Youde's department.

Facing the dirty air in the cabin, they didn't feel disgusted, and there was still a twinkle in their eyes.Because they have been displaced, they understand the true meaning of being humble.

A native of Shandong said to Tuntian Xiaoqi beside him, "Boss, I heard that Jiannu is very fierce!"

"I'm afraid of birds. They are also human beings. They carry a head on their shoulders. If they are cut off, they will bleed, and if their heads fall off, they will die!"

"You are not afraid!"

"Don't be afraid, I'm afraid I won't have the face to see my ancestors in the future!"

In the universal values ​​of Chinese people, being worthy of one's ancestors is the principle and the bottom line.

Xiaoqi held on to his only weapon, a Ming army-style saber, and its quality was very average. After all, all the good equipment of Ning Haijun was in the hands of the soldiers, and the soldiers in the field were only auxiliary.

As Shen Mingyu occupied Jinzhou City, which was almost in ruins, Cheng Shijie not only brought the infantry, cavalry, and artillery units of the Ning Navy, but also brought a large number of soldiers who accompanied the army.

After turbulent drifting at sea, Cheng Shijie led the fleet to Gaizhou, which is later known as Yingkou Port.Of course, there was no port at this time, and it was not difficult to build a wharf for large wooden boats with a draft of more than one meter and two meters deep.

The battleship cannot directly land, but can rely on the extended trestle to reach the land.

Hundreds of Ning Haijun soldiers greeted Cheng Shijie and his party on the tidal flat. Chen Guodong got off the boat first. His feet had just stepped on the sand. Facing the bitter sea breeze, he stretched out his arms, knelt heavily on the ground, and shouted: " I, Chen Guodong, are back! Father, mother, unworthy son Chen Guodong is back!"

A Ning Navy soldier from the Dongjiang Army also shouted in the direction of Liaonan: "I, Du Erniu, am back. I won't run away this time..."

"I, Li Dayong, are back."

"I am back!"

"I am back!"

"I am back!"

More and more voices sounded on the sea, and their shouts even covered the waves.

Ma Shilin said to Cheng Shijie: "Congratulations, Commander, the military spirit is available!"

"Very good!"

Cheng Shijie thought of an army of later generations, they also had a heart to go home, but they couldn't help themselves.The soldiers from the Dongjiang Army now have red eyes, and they almost shouted: "I, Hu Hansan, are back again!"

"Pass down the commander-in-chief!"

Cheng Shijie picked up the microphone, and Cheng Shijie's voice came from the speaker.

"My commander and Jiannu have nothing to say. The Han bandits vowed not to fight each other. They came from the sea, and we fought at sea. They attacked Jinzhou, and we fought in Jinzhou. They attacked Lushun, and we fought fiercely in Lushun." Let's beat them! Wherever they attack, we will kill them without leaving a single piece! There is no compromise, no negotiation, only a bloody battle to the end, until one side is completely defeated, and the war is over. "

Almost all Ning navy officers raised their arms and shouted: "Marshal is wise!"

At this moment, a soldier from the Dongjiang Army reached out to touch his crotch, took out a piece of black silver from the crotch, about two or two weights, and said: "Commander, from today onwards, I will put myself I don’t want this money anymore, I can’t leave it to Jiannu as spoils of war, so don’t think too little, you can buy more weapons with this money..."

As he spoke, the soldier threw the silver directly on the ground.

"Master, I won't run away again!"

A Dongjiang Army soldier said with tears, "I want to fight to the death!"

As he spoke, the soldier tore off the corner of his clothes, revealing two pieces of silver, and threw them directly on the ground: "Don't give it to Jiannu as a spoil of war!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Never step back!"

There was a sound of tinkling, silver, jewelry, gold, jade, and all kinds of valuable gadgets fell into a pile. Infected by the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, the local soldiers of Ning Haijun in Shandong also threw away the rewards they got. on the ground.

"Kill all Jiannu!"

"Death will not retreat!"

Standing beside Cheng Shijie, Ma Shilin wiped off his cold sweat, looked at the soldiers of Ning Haijun who rushed to the battlefield without hesitation, and then looked at the silver coins that had been thrown on the ground as garbage, swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

A terrible thought appeared in his mind, the disaster of Daming's feudal town is not far away...

He didn't dare to say it, for fear that Cheng Shijie and the surrounding Ning Haijun soldiers would hear it.

Cheng Shijie looked at the soldiers and said: "You have done a very good job. Treat yourself as dead. Only such warriors can survive on the battlefield. When you come back victorious, the commander will reward you five times and ten times. If you die in battle, you Your parents will be supported by the army, and your children will be raised by the army! You don't have to think about anything, just go to the battlefield with your arms firmly in hand, and when you meet the enemy, smash them, annihilate them, kill them all! Many of you are destined not to be able to Come back alive, but don’t worry, follow me and fight Jiannu to the end! We have to die, and the southern Liaoning under our feet will always belong to us.”

After a while of silence, the Ning Haijun soldiers and the Tuntian soldiers let out a howl that almost shook the sky: "Fight to the end!"

The sound was so loud that it soared into the sky.

……

Forbidden City, Imperial Study.

Emperor Chongzhen finally saw the portrait he most wanted to see. Cheng Shijie was indeed the Changshan Zhao Zilong in his heart. Cheng Shijie was willing to go to southern Liaoning, and Emperor Chongzhen was even more excited.

At the same time, he was also very embarrassed. All the other generals of the Ming Dynasty were afraid of southern Liaonan. They ran as far as they could, and none of them thought about sharing their worries. Cheng Shijie didn't want food or equipment, so he stepped forward without saying a word. Come out, what a loyal minister!

Chongzhen sighed a little, it was hard to find such a loyal minister, for the sake of a ghostly place in southern Liaoning, it would not be worthwhile to put a loyal general in there...

Emperor Chongzhen pondered: "Wang Cheng'en!"

"The servant is here!"

"Tell me, can Cheng Shijie defeat Jiannu in southern Liaoning?"

"This……"

Wang Chengen thought for a while and said: "Well, General Cheng is loyal to the emperor and wants to worry about the emperor. This intention is good, but... the establishment of slaves is very powerful... but just in case..."

Emperor Chongzhen has no one available now, and the only promoted Lu Xiangsheng is still serving as a fire brigade, putting out fires everywhere. In desperation, he sent Wang Chengen to Tianjin. Starting from Tianjin, he allocated 6000 taels of silver to Cheng Shijie from the inner treasury. , as well as some firecrackers and armor, it can be regarded as his best effort.

……

Jinzhouwei has always been an important military town in the Ming Dynasty. In terms of status, it belongs to the frontier position of Dengzhou.As early as the fifth year of Hongwu, Jinzhou was established.The Acropolis is located in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula, in the south-central part of Dalian City in later generations.

In the first year of Tianqi, Jiannu captured Shenyang, and then occupied southern Liaoning including Lushun. Jinzhou and Lushun fell at the same time.In April of the fourth year of Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong led his subordinates Zhang Pan and the capital Zhu Guochang to take advantage of the emptiness of Jiannu's defense, and after a fierce battle, they occupied Jinzhou and Lushun.

On January [-]th of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led an army of [-] slaves to attack Lushun, killing all the Ming troops, destroying the city and retreating. In March, Mao Wendong led the Dongjiang Army back to Lushun, and appointed the capital commander Zhang Pan to stay in Lushun.On the other hand, Mao Wenlong moved the Dongjiang Army General Mansion from Phi Island to Shuangdao in Lushun.Until Mao Wenlong was killed, Lushun remained in the hands of the Dongjiang Army.

It's just that after Mao Wenlong's death, there was civil strife in the Dongjiang Army. Until June of the third year of Chongzhen, Huang Long served as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army. He quelled the chaos of Liu Xingzhi and guarded Lushun.

In all fairness, the Dongjiang Army's territory in southern Liaoning is limited to the two cities in the north and south of Lushun, and it is unable to occupy Jinzhou City, which is more than 120 miles away. The Dongjiang Army and Jiannu generals Jinzhouwei, Haizhouwei, Fuzhouwei and Gaizhou Guard as a buffer zone.

At this time, Jinzhou City is like a huge construction site.Countless Ning Navy soldiers are quickly repairing the city wall. They use a big fire to burn hot water, slap the snow on the gaps in the city wall, pour hot water on it, and form ice walls one after another.

Some people also dug large pits in the open space outside Jinzhou City, and then covered them with branches and trunks to form nests.

"General Shen!"

"Mr. Song!"

Song Xiance murmured, "Have the scouts been sent out yet?"

"Sent out, is there a problem?"

Shen Mingyu had only a hundred or so riders under his command, all of whom were scouts. When the lone army came to Jinzhou Acropolis, he felt guilty and scattered all the more than a hundred riders to serve as ears and eyes.

"Song is uneasy, I'm afraid something bad will happen!"

As a charlatan of the rivers and lakes, Song Xiance likes fortune-telling, which is used to judge good or bad luck.He has counted five hexagrams in a row today, three times are bad and one is good, and one time is big and half good.

This made Song Xiance very disturbed.

Shen Mingyu said: "The furthest the servants were sent to the junction of Jinzhou and Gaizhouwei, more than 100 miles away from us, and more than a dozen temporary beacons were set up along the way. If Jiannu comes, then...

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes sounded.

Within Shen Mingyu's line of sight, three puffs of wolf smoke appeared, like buckets of smoke rising into the sky.

Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his poem: "The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river is full of sun!"

Guyan is Ping Anyan, which means there is no war.If it is double smoke, it means that there are more than 1 and less than [-] enemy troops invading. If there are three wolf smoke, it means that there are more than [-] enemy troops.If there are five puffs of wolf smoke, then retreat quickly, the enemy is overwhelming.

"Be alert, all return to the city!"

"Dong dong dong..."

The majestic and vigorous battle drums sounded, and when they heard the sound of Jujiang drums, the soldiers of Zuodusi of the Ninghai Navy who were working immediately threw away their tools, took up weapons, and began to gather.

Song Xiance seemed very nervous at this time: "It really came true...it's a pity."

Shen Mingyu said: "They can't get through!"

To the north of Jinzhouwei, about a hundred miles away, is the Jinshi Mountain Area. This is one of the four roads from north to south, and it is also the junction of Jinzhouwei and Gaizhou District.

Five scouts from Fenghuo Tun gathered in front of a bonfire, and it was recognized that the Ning Navy soldiers had good food.Even if they perform tasks like this, they can still have hot meals and hot water.

A small iron pot was hung over the bonfire, and the inside was bubbling and bubbling.You can see pancakes being boiled in the soup.A scout was holding a branch with a salted fish burning on it.

With the flame roasting, the salty aroma of salted fish comes out.A veteran shouted: "Eat soup pancakes, eat soup pancakes!"

There is salt in the pot, but there are no other condiments. The only thing to eat is salted fish. In fact, for these hungry Ning navy soldiers, salt is enough, and they can make a living without salt.

"Eat it while it's hot, after eating..."

The soldiers of the beacon fire looked at the wolf smoke in the distance, and they didn't care about eating. One of the thin cavalry quickly ran to the hillside and lit the wolf smoke.

"Head, what should we do now? Shall we withdraw?"

"Fuck off, we're not cavalry, can we outrun four-legged beasts?"

"That……"

"Prepare the big guys, give them a shot!"

At the mountain pass, two cavalrymen from the Ning Navy appeared. These two cavalrymen were very embarrassed. There were dense arrows on the backs of their horses. If they were not dressed too thickly and protected by iron armor, they would be cold.

"Whoa..."

A round of arrow rain drowned two Ning Navy cavalry scouts.

"Ugh……"

"Pity!"

The old soldier slammed his fist heavily on the snow. At this moment, a Ning Haijun scout got up from the snow, his body full of arrowheads.

"Han dog, surrender!"

The Jiannu cavalry who caught up surrounded the Ning navy soldier. The Ning navy soldier walked towards his horse that fell on the ground. He reached out and touched the horse's head: "Surrender, if you surrender, what good will I do?"

Seeing that the Ning Haijun scout wanted to surrender, the Jiannu cavalry showed contempt on their faces: "Forgive you!"

"I can't die!"

The scarred Ning Haijun scout showed his big yellow teeth, and smiled happily: "If I die in battle, my father and mother can share a hundred acres of land, plus you, one, two, three, four... 25, I Dad can get 250 more acres of land!"

The Jiannu cavalry looked puzzled, and the cavalry scout untied a black iron pot from the neck of the horse. This was a large killer made of pig iron, a bomb weighing fifteen catties.

It was almost equivalent to one and a half kilograms of TNT. As the scouts blew the fuze, black smoke came out of the iron tank, and the Jiannu looked bewildered: "Such a big iron ball, you want to smash us to death with it?"

There was a loud bang, and as the bomb exploded, dozens of Jiannu cavalry were instantly blown to pieces.

(End of this chapter)