My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 545 Silver Mine Counterattack
The Shijian Silver Mine was originally just a small mine, but after the Ming Dynasty's exploration, the main vein of the silver mine was discovered here, so it became a military center of the Ming Dynasty, with forts built around it and garrisoned at the same time. Heavy troops.

However, the current mine has turned into a huge cage. After Liu Sheng's defeat, the Ming Dynasty defenders shrank their defense lines and all retreated to the mine. Ashikaga Yoshimichi commanded the army and surrounded the mine, including only a few. The birds can't fly out.

"General, please let me lead my troops into battle. I will definitely defeat the Japanese army outside in one fell swoop!"

Mine guard Huang Wenyu found Liu Sheng who was recovering from his injuries and pleaded hard.

Last time, Liu Sheng fell into the opponent's trap because he underestimated the enemy, resulting in heavy losses among his five thousand soldiers. Fortunately, Huang Wenyu sent troops to rescue in time, and Liu Sheng was rescued from the siege. However, Liu Sheng himself was seriously injured. Now Still can't get out of bed.

"No, the bandit army is powerful. We don't have the advantage in terms of strength now. If we send troops hastily, we will only get killed!"

Liu Sheng, who was on the hospital bed, frowned and refused.

I saw that Liu Sheng was about 40 years old, in his prime, with a square face and a dignified appearance. He seemed to be a very stable person. It was hard to believe that he was arrogant and even disobedient.

"But General, there is not much food left in the mines now. If we keep waiting like this, we will run out of food and we will starve to death without the enemy attacking us!"

Huang Wenyu urged again.

Huang Wenyu is in his 30s this year and has little background in the military. He was promoted to Qianhu due to his meritorious service and once served under Zhu Yong. However, when Liu Sheng came to Japan, Huang Wenyu was also suppressed, otherwise he would not have been sent to Ishimi. Guard the mine here.

However, Huang Wenyu is generous. He heard that Liu Sheng was defeated and was surrounded, so he sent troops to rescue the opponent regardless of the danger. Now he actively requested to send troops to fight to the death with the Japanese army outside, but Liu Sheng refused, which made him very sad. have no choice.

"The mine's food consumption is so fast, all because there are too many useless people. At worst, we will stop feeding them first, and give priority to the soldiers in the army. This way, we can last at least half a month!"

Liu Sheng snorted coldly.

The so-called useless people in his mouth refer to the huge number of miners in the mine. These miners include Japanese and many prairie prisoners of war sent by the Ming Dynasty. Now there are 6000 to [-] miners in the entire mine. So many people The amount of food consumed by people eating and drinking is indeed not a small amount.

"This is not okay. The miners have no food to eat, so they have to rebel. They have rebelled once before and finally calmed down. There must not be a second time!"

When Huang Wenyu heard that Liu Sheng was going to stop the miners' food supply, he immediately shook his head.

When the prairie prisoners of war rebelled, even Zhu Zhanji was reprimanded by people sent by Zhu Di. Later, it took a lot of money to get the rebellious prisoners of war to lay down their weapons. The general who was responsible for guarding the mine at that time was also captured. When asked about the crime, Huang Wenyu did not want to follow in his footsteps.

"What a rebellion. Even the mine can hardly be defended now. Are you still afraid that they will rebel?"

Liu Sheng became anxious at this time. He sat up and pointed at Huang Wenyu and cursed angrily. But after saying that, he covered his chest and coughed violently. He was shot in the chest by an arrow and now he easily coughs up blood when he is angry.

Facing the furious Liu Sheng, Huang Wenyu was not angry at all. Instead, he quietly waited for the other party to finish getting angry, and then said again: "General, do you think this will work? I won't use your soldiers, I will only use them." If my own people cannot fight off the Japanese army outside, I will be at your mercy!"

"Are you making a military order?"

Liu Sheng also had murderous intentions at this time, and immediately asked Huang Wenyu in a cold voice.

Military orders cannot be issued casually. Once the contents of the military order are not completed, there will definitely be a dead end. "Yes! The general wants to issue a military order. I just ask the general to give the general a chance!"

Huang Wenyu did not panic, but nodded calmly again.

Seeing that Huang Wenyu was so ignorant that he actually wanted to issue a military order, Liu Sheng also looked incredulous, but then he sneered and said: "Okay, this is what you said, then I will give you this opportunity. You can only use your own people, but I want to see what you can do to kill the Japanese troops outside!"

"Thank you General!"

Huang Wenyu didn't talk nonsense, he turned around and left with his hands clasped in fists.

In fact, Huang Wenyu had long seen that Liu Sheng refused to let him send troops because Liu Sheng himself suffered a defeat, so he was afraid that if others defeated the Japanese army, he would appear too incompetent.

But the current situation is critical. If the Japanese army outside is not beaten back, tens of thousands of people in the entire mine will die, so Huang Wenyu can no longer care about the consequences of offending Liu Sheng.

Although Huang Wenyu only had 1000 defenders under his command, and his soldiers had suffered heavy casualties in order to rescue Liu Sheng, and now there were less than 600 available, Huang Wenyu had already planned.

So Huang Wenyu returned to the military camp as quickly as possible, and saw a gray-haired veteran immediately came forward and asked: "How are Qianhu? Has Marquis Anyuan agreed to our sending troops?"

This gray-haired veteran is named Hou Yuan, and he is Huang Wenyu's deputy. The two of them are in charge of a thousand households of troops.

"I agree, but the price is that I issued a military order. If the Japanese army outside can't be defeated, I will leave it to Marquis Anyuan to deal with it!"

Huang Wenyu replied with determination.

"Ah? Qianhu, you are too confused. Marquis Anyuan already dislikes you, but now you have issued a military order. If the Japanese army cannot be defeated, wouldn't it mean that you will be dead?"

When Hou Yuan heard Huang Wenyu's words, his beard trembled with fright, and then he said anxiously with sweat on his head.

"If we don't send troops now, we people will have to stay here and wait to die. We might as well take the risk!"

Huang Wenyu paused for a moment when he said this, and then suddenly smiled slyly.

"And don't we still have a trick that doesn't work?"

"Do you really plan to use those people?"

Hou Yuan was startled when he heard this, and his expression seemed to become a little uneasy. Obviously, the so-called trick was not that easy to use.

"Of course they have to use it. Now they are grasshoppers on the same rope as us. If they are unwilling to sacrifice their lives, they will definitely not end well in the future. On the contrary, if they make meritorious deeds, they may be able to escape their current fate."

Huang Wenyu said firmly that with just the few people under his command, it would be impossible to defeat the tens of thousands of Japanese troops outside, so he had already made plans to use another group of people, that is, the prairie prisoners of war who were miners. , these people used to be elite soldiers on the grassland. As long as they were given weapons, they could go to the battlefield immediately.

(End of this chapter)