The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 11 The Solitary Army Defends the City
After more than ten days of rest and training at the Ningyuan Zhongzuo Institute, Han Guang got the news that the 2000 troops stationed by the Ming army here were going to deploy to Ningyuan for defense.

At this time, the busy season of farming has passed, and Jianu finished his farm work at home, and started to work on sideline jobs.

They are no longer willing to go hunting in the deep mountains and old forests to make extra money. Hunting wild animals for money is too much trouble, and they don't make much money.

It is easy and rewarding to go directly to the Ming Han people and treat them as prey.

So the Jiannu who had spare time began to plunder Daming in groups. They wanted everything and grabbed whatever they saw!Animals, people, clothes, farm implements...

The army stationed by Daming in the middle and left of Ningyuan decisively decided to turn in, and there was a sudden panic, and there was a commotion everywhere.

Wearing an official uniform, Huang Sheng found the quartermaster who was busy packing up his things and preparing to open the way, and issued him a receipt, asking for a hundred catties of gunpowder.

The quartermaster was an old acquaintance with Huang Sheng. He saw that the receipt issued by Huang Sheng had the seal of the army chief, and he did not make things difficult for Huang Sheng at all, so he gave the gunpowder on the spot.

He knew how many things would be left behind when the army retreated, and if it was even more unbearable to be attacked by Jiannu, he might lose his life.

The master bookkeeper's receipt clearly stated that gunpowder should be used to design organs on the road that Jianshou must pass to blow up Jianshou.

If he succeeds by luck, I also have the credit for helping, and the receipt is the proof.Killing Jiannu is also my wish, why not do it now, the beauty of adulthood?

The Ming army all retreated, and the city was quiet.Of course Huang Sheng didn't leave, and there was no military officer here who could control him, a civil servant who appeared suddenly.

In the evening, at Huang Sheng's residence, everyone was discussing matters.

Huang Sheng asked Li Dagang who came from Ye Bushou: "Li Dagang, you should know that when Jian slaves come to attack, they always send scouts to investigate the military situation in advance, right? Normally, how do they arrange it?"

Li Dagang thought for a while and said: "My lord, Jiannu doesn't have any special tactics, that is, it is divided into several waves, and several sentry horses in each wave report to each other. The task of the sentry horses is to detect the enemy's situation. Bring the enemy back to the Lord."

Huang Sheng said again: "If Jiannu sentry horses find that the city gate of Ningyuan Zhongzuo is wide open, and the Ming army cannot be seen from outside, will they come into the city to investigate?"

Li Dagang said without hesitation: "Yes, they should have a group of people entering the city, and there will be people outside to meet them."

Huang Sheng said: "What if the gate of the city is suddenly closed after the Jiannu sentry horse enters the city, will the Jiannu outside attack the city immediately?"

Li Dagang said: "Probably not, they can't attack the city because they don't have siege equipment. They will choose to go back and report quickly, and then the army will come here. Whether they will attack the city in the end depends on how many Jiannu come. How many defenders are there.

When the enemy's situation is unknown, they will not attack the city rashly.The population of the slaves is small, so they are very careful for fear of causing too many casualties. "

Huang Sheng concluded: "From this point of view, Jiannu will definitely send sentries here to investigate before occupying Ningyuan Zhongzuo, and the number will not be too many, and the follow-up troops will not attack immediately when they arrive. I understand you in this way. Do you think it's right?"

Li Dagang said: "That's true. My lord's analysis is very correct. I just don't know what my lord is going to do?"

Huang Shengdao: "I'm going to set up an ambush at the east gate of Ningyuan Zhongzuo, kill Jiannu who came to the city and escape from the south gate, do you think there's enough time?"

It turned out that the lord asked so many questions because he wanted to ambush Jiannu here. Several people became a little nervous. This lord is too bold. With only ten people, he wanted to fight Jiannu. It was a tiger's mouth.

Li Dagang said honestly: "My lord, there must be time to escape. I can arrange a few traps in the narrow places on the road in advance. After our team passes by, cut off the ropes and let stones and giant trees block the road."

Huang Sheng looked at them and smiled and said: "I am an expert in guerrilla warfare. If you plan well, you will definitely get a small gain. But it will also be dangerous. If you are not lucky, we will all die here.

You can choose to leave, it doesn't matter, everyone is afraid of death, and I am no exception.What I want is a volunteer army who puts life and death aside, not people who are reluctant to rely on their guts to make up the number. "

Huang Sheng Niu Pi coaxed that he was an expert, just to enhance the self-confidence of his subordinates. Commanding the army in this era depends entirely on the personal charm of the general.

In fact, Huang Sheng knew in his heart that there should be no army of slaves to invade this time.It should be that Jiannu Niulu, who was unwilling to be lonely, came here to hunt for grass, that is, to plunder.

There are not too many of them who can be dispatched to be robbers, because they have to be ready for the call of the slave chiefs at all times without general orders.

The discipline of the slave army was so strict that it was almost cruel. Niu Luzhangjing secretly sent people to do side jobs to ensure that it would never affect the mobilization of the main force.

The Ming army and Jiannu are currently in a strategic stalemate. The slave chieftain Nurhachi is digesting the fruits of victory he swallowed, brutally suppressing the ubiquitous Han uprisings, and dealing with Mao Wenlong who repeatedly attacked him behind. action.

There was no major battle during this period, and the most recent record should be the Ming army's defeat at Liuhe in September of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

This was the Ming army under the command of the commander-in-chief Ma Shilong who took the initiative to attack Jiannu, but who knew that they had fallen into the trick of others, and stealing chickens would not be enough to lose money.

The defeat at Liuhe was small in scale, not many troops were dispatched by both sides, and the casualties were limited.

Huang Sheng is a time traveler, a fan of the army, and he especially likes to read the history of the late Ming Dynasty. The war against the establishment of slaves in the Ming Dynasty is almost familiar to everyone.

Therefore, Huang Sheng judged that he could set up an ambush here, make a slave and then retreat. As long as he is not reckless, it should not be too dangerous.

The key to success depends on their servants. They must obey orders, obey orders, have the confidence to win, have the courage to fight, and remain calm in times of crisis.

The weapons and equipment are no longer a problem, and their combat effectiveness is also remarkable. Although it is not as good as the Jiannu vest, the difference is not too big.

In the preset battlefield, one's own attack should be able to make up for the lack of combat power, and there is also one's own precise shooting to control the battlefield from the commanding heights.

Huang Mingli, Huang Mingdao, and Han Guang practiced assassination hard to kill Jiannu. Han Guang first stated: "My lord, don't worry, we will go forward bravely, you can arrange it."

Li Dagang said: "I am willing to die for my lord, and I have repaid my lord's kindness. Please just give me your orders."

The rest of the people responded one after another. They all said that their lives were picked up by adults in the first place. If adults want to use themselves, at worst, they will fight to the death, and they can be regarded as serving the country loyally for Ming Dynasty.

Huang Sheng laughed and said: "Don't worry, everyone, as long as you follow my orders to the letter, I can assure you that it should be no problem to kill a few Jiannu. I am not a reckless person. If there are too many Jiannu , I will take everyone to escape, and I will not foolishly fight with them."

Huang Mingli and the others suffered from a rash attack last time, which almost killed everyone.

The two of them had already told the whole story of the last ambush to Jiannu to a few servants who had just joined, and those servants loved to listen to it, and pestered them to continue telling stories whenever they had time.

They also earnestly told everyone to obey orders and listen to commands. Your lord is a scholar, and you have countless strategies of war hidden in your chest. As long as we fight slaves according to your lord's wishes, we will definitely not suffer.

Huang Mingli said: "My lord, you can rest assured that we will not act recklessly this time, let alone make our own decisions. If you find any of us disobeying orders, you can simply kill them with one knife, so as not to harm everyone."

Huang Sheng was quite satisfied with this answer, and he said solemnly: "Soldiers must obey orders and follow commands to the letter, and you must keep it in mind."

Early the next morning, everyone started to get busy.

Li Dagang's physical strength has not yet fully recovered. Huang Sheng arranged for him to ride a horse out of the south gate to investigate and formulate a retreat route. The requirement was to follow the dense forest and the foot of the mountain.

Heihu and Han Kuan were top-notch in riding skills. They asked them to go to the hillside ten miles ahead to observe, and found that Jiannu was not allowed to attack even if there was only one person, but came back to report.

If it is found that there are more than [-] Jiannu people coming, both of them will come back quickly. This time the plan will be cancelled, and everyone will retreat together.

The observation position on the hillside is so good that you can spot the cavalry on the road early, but if the cavalry wants to come here, they need to go around the foot of the mountain.

With the precious time of Jiannu's detour, he can calmly retreat back to Ningyuan Zhongzuo to report.

If you find the fleeing Han people, let them bypass the city and directly explain that the army is fighting here.

The common people don't hide away when they see the war, so how dare they make do with it.

Let Cheng Quangong and the others collect the rolling logs and stones abandoned by the Ming army when they retreated, gather some of them to the west gate, and tie them with ropes.

Cut the rope if necessary, making sure to block the west door.Jiannu was cavalry entering the city, and their range of activities could only be controlled in a narrow area near the city gate.

Huang Sheng still used the old method with no technical content to slow down Jiannu's cavalry or simply dismount.

Even if they discarded their hundreds of taels of silver and many women's clothes in a mess, these robbers could not turn a blind eye to the gold and silver treasures when they found them, and they would definitely come to fight for them.

Huang Sheng has no way of knowing how many slaves can be counted at one time, nor how powerful they are in combat.To be on the safe side, an explosion drill was carried out.

Huang Sheng designed a big bomb with ten catties of gunpowder, piled many nails and stones on a millstone about one meter high, and buried the bomb inside.

The detonating device is very simple, that is, the flint, flint, knife, and nails are wrapped in the gunpowder. Huang Sheng used charcoal to draw a big black dot on the position of the flint.

After letting everyone hide, he came to the preset ambush location.This place is on the east gate wall, Huang Sheng can observe the movements inside and outside the city at any time.

There are more than [-] steps away from the buried bomb, that is, more than [-] meters.Huang Sheng took aim and shot, and there was a loud bang, and the stones and iron nails splashed out, crackling and falling for a radius of ten steps.

The servants were stunned, and immediately cheered.No wonder the adults are so excited to fight Jiannu here, it turns out that he can make such a powerful killer.They changed from uneasy to full of confidence.

Unexpectedly, Huang Sheng was not satisfied after carefully observing the explosion effect, so he made a bigger bomb again.Continuing to experiment, it still detonated with one shot, and the power was indeed much greater.

Huang Sheng led everyone to carefully inspect the preset battlefield, clean up everything that can be used as a shelter, and seal all the doors and windows of the house to ensure that Jiannu cannot hide in a hurry if it is attacked.

I chose two sniper positions on the city wall, and I can completely hit every corner with firepower.

Three soil bombs were designed and installed with the remaining [-] catties of gunpowder, all of which were one meter high from the ground, with one side blocked, and stones and iron nails flew in a fan-like direction during the explosion, so as to exert a greater lethal effect.

(End of this chapter)