Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 469 Another Discussion on Attacking Zhang
In the first ten days of April, the Ming army that swept away the various prefectures on the west bank of the Minjiang River separately formed a ten-mile coalition camp and stationed outside Quanzhou city.

The gentry in Quanzhou saw that the army had defeated the main force of Tan Tai and Zhang Cunren at Mulan River, and that the floating corpses of the Qing soldiers had even blocked the stream, so their confidence in the imperial court was greatly increased. Fish and meat are sent to Daying by car.

Guo Bichang flattered him like this, but he still wanted to return to the imperial court. Wang Yan naturally accepted his overtures.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Guo Bichang may not be so firm in supporting the Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court's recovery of half of Bamin requires officials to manage it.

The camellia in Fujian is a big project of the sea trade, and Zheng's monopoly must not work. Wang Yan will not tolerate another Zheng Zhilong.

It can be said that Wang Yan has gained a lot from the sweep of Bamin this time. In addition to the materials obtained from Quanzhou, other prefectures have also gained. If he gets a share with Zheng Chenggong, he can leave 30 taels, but the main gain is to get Tan Tai Most of the [-] cavalrymen in the army wiped out the captured horses.

Wang Yan's supervising cavalry had only [-] cavalry left after the First World War in Fujian, and some of the horses were seriously aging and needed to be supplemented. Of the war horses eaten by the Qing army, the Ming army harvested [-] horses.

According to the regulations of March 300th, Wang Yan can get more than [-] horses, but he gave Zheng Chenggong [-] more horses in exchange for [-] Japanese knives, and asked Zheng Chenggong to contact the Tianchuan family, and then contact the shogunate to export copper to Daming. Mines and Japanese swords.

In fact, Marshal Qi fought against Japanese pirates. After seeing the Japanese sword, he combined the characteristics of the Japanese sword to create a Miao sword. The Miao sword is used for stabbing and the Japanese sword is used for cutting. It is indeed an indisputable fact that the smelting and forging technology in the Central Plains has declined.

In exchange for the Japanese sword, Wang Yan not only wanted to equip an elite infantry, but also wanted the Japanese forging technology most importantly.As we all know, a good knife needs good steel. This is not only a solution to the problem of swords, but also a great help for casting guns and cannons.

As for copper mines, it was because of the shortage of money. Since the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty began to import copper mines from Japan. Of course, the Ming Dynasty also had copper mines, but the copper-producing Yunnan was still in the hands of the rebels. Jiang Yueguang was in Fuzhou, Jiangxi. Nearly [-] miners have been organized to mine copper mines, but for the imperial court, the output is still a drop in the bucket.

In the future, the Ming army will need a large amount of copper ore to cast cannons and blunderbuss. If they can buy it from Japan, it will be a solution.

Of course, these issues are all for future considerations, and the thing to do now is to solve the Qing army in Zhangzhou.

Zheng Chenggong wanted to attack Fuzhou, which Wang Yan knew very well, but attacking Fuzhou would definitely attract Qing soldiers from Jiangnan again, and it was very likely that they would come to help in large numbers. This was not what Wang Yan wanted to see.

"If you don't stop fighting, you will burn yourself." When you are inferior to the enemy in strength, and you are not satisfied with your troops, how can you survive?

Wang Yan thought that, based on the current situation, the Ming army occupied the west bank of the Minjiang River, and the Qing court could still accept it. However, if the Ming army captured Fuzhou, it would threaten the Qing court's tax-heavy Jiangnan and Zhejiang. Duo and Hong Chengchou definitely couldn't tolerate it, so Wang Yan had to grasp this degree well so as not to cause a bigger war.

In the government office of Quanzhou, Wang Yanduan sat at the head seat, and more than a dozen generals in full attire were seated on both sides of the army staff.

"Zhangzhou has been besieged for more than a month now, but the city has sufficient supplies and soldiers. I want to wait until the food is exhausted, but I don't know when it will be. Right now Tan Tai and Zhang Cunren are nesting in Fuzhou and will not come out in a short time. I Although the army can safely siege the city, it will cost a lot of time and accidents will easily occur, do you have a way to break the city quickly?" Wang Yan said loudly.

Zhangzhou City is not easy to fight, the city wall is high and thick, and there are many artillery on the city. After Li Chengdong's reinforcement and improvement, Weng City was built at the gate of the city. Sports cars and drills can be used on the city wall, and many archery towers, main towers, With defensive facilities such as turrets, enemy towers, parapets, horse faces, etc., the entire city has become a hedgehog with nowhere to go, which can be said to be a rare fortified city.

After listening to Wang Yan's words, everyone began to think about it. The land in the west of Fujian was restored. They couldn't be intimidated by Zhangzhou, not to mention that it was just a city of bricks and stones. Pull out a nail.

After everyone pondered for a while, it was Liu Shun who stood up first and suggested: "Duke, for a city as strong as Zhangzhou, besieging it from all sides will inevitably consume a lot of energy. The general thought that he could focus on attacking a little bit in order to concentrate his strength."

Wang Yan smiled slightly and nodded, "You can say this strategy, which shows that you still put your heart into it. Although this is a bad strategy, if there is no other way, it is feasible."

Wang Yan waved his hand, let Liu Shun take a seat, and said, "Think about it again, everyone?"

When Xi Hongshan heard the words, he got up and saluted: "Guo Gong, all the land in the west of Fujian is mine. Zhangzhou is a lonely city with no help. The general thought that if he wanted to break the city, it would be better to surrender, even if Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong were loyal to the Qing Dynasty." , but the tens of thousands of Zheng troops in the city would not be willing to be buried with them."

Wang Yan nodded and signaled Xi Hongshan to take his seat, "This method is feasible and worth a try, but if Tong and Li have strict control, they need to prepare with multiple hands to ensure that nothing will go wrong. Do you have any other strategies?"

Li Guo stood up and said, "My lord, if the Qing soldiers don't surrender, a strong attack will consume a lot of energy. The general thought he could find another way to attack the city by digging tunnels, or just digging tunnels to blow up the city."

Wang Yangao was at the top, and Li Guo's suggestion made his eyes shine. If the surrender fails, this method can avoid a lot of casualties of the Ming army, "General Li, please sit down, this method is accepted in the court, do you have any other suggestions? "

Wang Yan wanted to use a multi-pronged approach to deal with the Zhangzhou Qing soldiers quickly. All the civil and military personnel in the tent were very clear-eyed, and they all frowned and thought.

At this time, among the staff who had never offered any advice, Chen Bangyan got up and said: "The Ministry of Cabinet, I have a plan for a humble job, maybe I can try it."

Wang Yan straightened his body, raised his hand and asked: "Sir, try to say, this pavilion is all ears."

"The previous method of locking the city was reminiscent of the Battle of Daling River, so why didn't the cabinet use the trick of false aid to trick Li Chengdong out of the city?" Chen Bangyan cupped his hands.

Wang Yan's eyes lit up, but then he frowned again and said: "There is a city lock before, and if we use fake aid, I'm afraid Li Chengdong won't be fooled!"

Chen Bangyan said with a smile: "The art of war is false and true. It is precisely because the lock city was used before, so I predict that Li Chengdong must be tricked, and even if he is not fooled, there is no loss to our army~"

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