Daming Military Empire

Chapter 119
It’s about to enter October, and the temperature in Liaodong began to drop sharply. Zhu Cijiong had to decide to return to the imperial court, because it was going to snow soon. When the weather was cold and the roads would be blocked by heavy snow, it would not be so easy to go back to the capital. , he is likely to stay in Liaodong for the New Year.

He is the emperor, so naturally he can't stay in Liaodong for the new year. It's okay for him to leave the capital for a month or two. If he doesn't go back for more than half a year, the court will definitely mess up. to make a decision.

So, he hurried back to the capital with 12 elite elites from the capital camp, while Sun Chuanting's Qin army was left by him. After all, there are still [-] post-Jin troops in Haizhou, and if they all withdraw, Huang Taiji may be desperate , Counterattack frantically, by then, the Liaodong Army, whose number is less than [-], may not be able to withstand it.

After several battles, the Liaodong Army lost nearly 5 horses. Excluding Mao Wenlong's 10 horses and the troops left behind in various places, there were actually less than [-] Liaodong Army in Shanchahebao and Gaizhou City. It is agreed that he will make up for the battle damage and continue to expand the recruitment by [-], but it will not be able to recruit all of them in a short time, even if they are recruited, it will take several months of practice before they can be used.

The weather turned cold, the battalion was full of wounded soldiers, and with the threat of Huang Taiji from the Shanghai State Guard, Sun Chengzong had to postpone the recovery of the southeastern part of Liaodong.

How to make a line of defense solid as gold?That is naturally building blockhouses, building blockhouses, so Sun Chengzong began to use his expertise again to build blockhouses frantically.

On the other side of Haizhou, Huang Taiji saw that Sun Chengzong was playing the old routine of building fortresses again. He felt desperate in his heart. Nima, although the little emperor is gone, there are nearly 20 troops on the opposite side. There is so little hope, and now they are starting to repair the fort again, what a fart!
He really regretted it a bit, regretted that he had underestimated the power of muskets and artillery, and regretted that he had miscalculated Sun Chengzong's determination to regain lost ground.He always thought that Manggurtai could completely defend Gaizhou, but what happened?It was captured by the Ming army in less than a day!

Don't blame Mang Gurtai for being incompetent, that old fellow Sun Chengzong went crazy, regardless of casualties, he attacked the city desperately, coupled with the cooperation of muskets and cannons, Mang Gurtai was directly thrown to the ground by his fists Don't even have a chance to adjust your tactics!

Seeing that it was hopeless to recover Gaizhou, Huang Taiji had to leave Da Bei Le Daishan to lead an army of 2 to guard Haizhou Guard, and he himself took [-] troops back to Shengjing. Zhu Cijiong could not leave the capital for a long time, and he still could not grow Time to leave Shengjing.

The shocking battle between Daming and Houjin ended in this way. The two sides successively invested more than 40 horses and fought fiercely in Liaodong for nearly two months. In the end, Daming defeated Houjin by virtue of its superiority in numbers and weapons, and regained the The Sandaizi River and the Sancha River Basin cover tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, and Gaizhou, an important town in Eastern Liaodong, has been captured. Since then, the situation in Eastern Liaodong has reversed, and the Ming Dynasty has changed from passive defense to active attack. The southeastern part of Liaodong is already in sight, and it is no longer a dream to regain the whole Liaodong. .

In Liaodong, more than 20 Ming troops suppressed 15 Houjin troops, winning every victory, so what about Shanxi?

Poor Lu Xiangsheng, governor of the five provinces, his Tianxiong army is only 20 in total, and there are more than [-] bandits gathered in Linfen alone. He doesn't want to be defeated by bandits taking advantage of their numbers, so he decided to increase soldier.

Of course, this increase in troops is not an expansion of recruitment. Without the permission of the emperor, he would not dare to expand his recruitment indiscriminately. Now he is the governor of the five provinces. There are still 25 new recruits in the five provinces. Although they cannot all be transferred, half of them should be fine. Bar?The emperor gave him full responsibility for the suppression of thieves in the five provinces. The mobilization of the defenders in each province should be within his scope of power, right?
It was too late for him to ask for instructions, the emperor was already far away in Liaodong, he was imminent, if he accidentally lost the battle, it would be over.So he issued the governor's decree:
Order the Henan garrison and the North Zhili garrison to dispatch 2 troops each to Zezhou to help deputy general Zhang Hongye guard Yangcheng;
Order the Shanxi garrison and the Shaanxi garrison to dispatch 4 troops each to come to Hongdong quickly to help him fight the main force of the bandits;

Order the Sichuan defenders to mobilize 2 horses and rush to Shaanxi to help the Shaanxi defenders guard Xi'an.

With such a mobilization, there will be [-] defenders in Beizhili, Henan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan. There are not many bandits in these four provinces, so there shouldn't be any problems.As for Shanxi, the main forces of the bandits are confronting him, and other places are naturally safe, leaving [-] defenders to guard Taiyuan just in case.

After all the soldiers and horses from the five provinces were mobilized, more than half a month had passed. At this time, Liaodong had already solved the siege of Santaizi Fort and began to build Sanchahe Fort.

After the 17 defenders in Shanxi and Shaanxi were in place, Lu Xiangsheng had assembled an army of 20 in Hongdong, and the more than [-] bandits could no longer pose any threat to him.At this time, the twenty five-five-type mortars sent by Zhu Cijiong also arrived. After Lu Xiangsheng let the artillerymen of the Beijing camp demonstrate it, his heart began to stir. What a good thing!
Although the range of this five-five-type mortar is only [-] paces, it is already far out of reach compared to a bow and crossbow. In addition, this thing is easy to move, whether it is used for siege or field battle, it is very It is an unstoppable weapon!

It can be seen from the secret decree that the emperor is not in a hurry to wipe out the thieves in the northwest, he just needs to bite the main force of the thieves and prevent them from growing.But the problem is that the main force of the thieves is already very strong now, and if they are allowed to dominate the southern part of Pingyang and continue to develop, it will be a problem whether they can be suppressed or not.

Originally, he was very troubled, the bandits occupied Linfen, a fortified city with a huge shield, even if he had [-] Musketeers under his command, he couldn't do anything about them.It’s different now with mortars. The thick city walls can’t be moved, but those giant wooden shields are vulnerable to it. As long as the shields are defeated, the naked bandits behind Don't become the target of the flintlock again!

Thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng clapped his hands and fought hard. Isn’t it just more than 20 bandits? Isn’t it just a bigger city? As long as you break through their shields, no amount of bandits will help you, no matter how big the city is, you won’t be able to defend it .

Of course, siege is not about rushing forward as soon as the trumpet is shouted, that is to seek death. If you have artillery and flintlock guns, you still need to build the necessary siege equipment.When attacking Fenxi and Huozhou in the past, a batch of siege equipment was built, but they were used to attack a small city with a height of two people. This Linfen is a big city with a height of three people. The original height of the ladder and well rail It is not enough.

Anyway, the new defenders also had to practice, so Lu Xiangsheng simply drilled the new army, and at the same time asked the veterans to build siege equipment, and prepare for a month before launching an attack.

This time, he didn't dare to go straight to the city wall to build the well. There are countless capable people among the more than 20 thieves, and many small catapults have been built on the city wall.You dare to go under the city walls of others to build wells. Although the frequency of catapults will not hurt many people, it is no problem to smash your wells.

In view of this situation, Lu Xiangsheng simply ordered the veterans to build well fences and ladders directly under the city wall of Hongdong County, and the well fences should have wheels. He rushed over and captured Linfen City.

The thieves are not fools. Seeing that they built so many wells and ladders outside Hongdong, they naturally knew that King Lu Yan was going to attack Linfen. They also started to build huge shields and catapults. All the trees have been cut down, and there are bare hills everywhere, just like monks shaving their heads, "shua, shua, shua" are all clean and smooth.

When Lu Xiangsheng began to prepare to attack Linfen, Liaodong also began to prepare to attack Gaizhou. However, Liaodong was full of veterans and did not need to practice at all. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng was not ready yet, and the other side had already begun to attack. city.By the time he was almost ready, the residence report of the Gaizhou Great Victory had already been delivered to him!

That's okay, the emperor captured Gaizhou guarded by Hou Jin's army, but he didn't even capture Linfen City guarded by bandits, so he has to hurry up, otherwise the emperor thought I was playing here!

Lu Xiangsheng was really in a hurry. Early the next morning, he gathered an army of 15 and marched straight to Linfen City with siege equipment, leaving only 2 people guarding Hongdong.

As soon as he set off here, the bandits received the news, so when he arrived at Linfen city, a group of bandit leaders were already standing on the gate tower of the north gate of Linfen city, ready to watch the show.

Why do you say they are preparing to watch a play?Think about it, 15 horses attack a big city guarded by nearly 30 people, isn't this a disease of the brain!Generals with a bit of common sense know that you have to have at least twice as many troops as someone else before you can consider the issue of attacking the city. Now that you have only half as many troops as others, if you come to attack the city, they will think you are mentally ill.

Lu Xiangsheng's brain is not sick, and he would not have come to attack the city without the twenty mortars. Now that he has come, he is naturally a little bit sure.

When he saw the banners of the bandit leaders lined up on the top of the city gate, he couldn't help curling his lips, and said in his heart: "Grandchildren, just stand there and watch the show, and wait until I attack the city wall to see if I don't chop off your heads!" Be a chamber pot!"

The bandit leaders didn't know that Lu Xiangsheng had mortars as his trump card, and they were pointing and mocking Lu Yanwang, who had a crazy brain.

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at the city wall. There were only [-] mortars, which could not cover the entire city wall to the north of Linfen at all. So he picked the right part of the city wall, where the ground below was relatively flat, and pushed the well fence and the ladder over. Put it down, nail the mortar frame to the ground, and then yelled: "Jinglan charge into battle."

The flag was waved, and [-] Musketeers, under the cover of swords and shields, rushed towards the city wall pushing the well rail.

Now the thieves on the city wall are messing up, what a joke, you just ran to Linfen, you didn't even take a breath, you didn't even say hello, you just started fighting, rushing to reincarnate or something!
(End of this chapter)