Han ride

Chapter 260

At dawn the next day, the imperial army under the city, under the leadership of Zhu Dian and Gao Qiqian, led the army back to Jinan, preparing to deal with the rebels in Jinan, but Gao Qiqian led an army of tens of thousands, preparing to deal with the rebels in Jinan. Dengzhou City launched an attack.

"My lord, Gao Qiqian is ready to attack." Song Xiance didn't show any worry or fear on his face, but was full of joy.It was also his idea to send Kong Youde's head.Although this idea is not necessary at all in the eyes of others, Song Xiance insisted on sending it out. On the one hand, it was to dispel Gao Qiqian's worries and let him not be wary of the sea surface; The high dive is even more rampant.Of course, the more important thing is that Song Xiance can't afford to lose. This is the first time he has joined Li Xin's command to operate this matter.To be sure, otherwise, even if Li Xin valued him, the generals under Li Xin's command would not pay attention to him.Now that Gao Qiqian is gone, he is about to leave Shandong and go to the grassland.So he didn't want to miss such an opportunity.

"How can such an arrogant person command the entire army?" Li Xin shook his head and said, "Although I, Li Xin, are not well-known, Dengzhou is a strong city, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses around me. Can he really be sure? Can you capture the city within two or three days? If I were him, I would at least find Huanglong and dismantle the cannon on his warship. A deterrent is still okay." The generals secretly kept it in their hearts after hearing this.Li Xin is talking about high potential, but he is actually talking about everyone.

"Master Hou, do you want to summon General Chen Han to lead the army here?" Zhang Cai said.

"No, Wu Sangui and the others haven't gone far yet. Let them go further." Li Xin shook his head and said, "The rebels in Jinan still need thousands of cavalry from Wu Sangui. If there are fewer cavalry, I'm afraid they will be overwhelmed by the rebels." Defeat, thousands of cavalry are just right, let them fight for a while! Let our soldiers see the blood."

"It would be great if we could surrender without fighting!" Zhang Cai shook his head and said.

Li Xin was taken aback when he heard the words, but in the end he didn't speak, but Song Xiance talked about Zhang Cai, making Zhang Cai baffled.Seeing this, Song Xiance shook his head. After all, he was a serious scholar. Although he was smart, he didn't know what Li Xin was thinking. Of course, as long as Chen Han's cavalry appeared, he would be able to defeat others without fighting, but then again , What about after surrendering without fighting?Will Li Xin kill these people?At least the current Li Xin has not thought about raising troops to rebel, but if he raises his potential and walks away safely, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command will immediately rush to the rebels under the city of Jinan. After the rebels are wiped out, although the imperial court suffered The loss, but there is only one more elite soldier. This soldier will be sent to various battlefields at any time. This is not the result Li Xin wants.The best way is to let Gao Qiqian and the rebels stand in a stalemate under the city of Jinan, the longer the better.

"Mr. Song, although my Yanhuang Northern Expedition Army is the imperial court's Northern Expedition Army, its composition is extremely complicated. It is different from the imperial army. Do you think the imperial court can command us like other troops?" Li Xin said suddenly.

Song Xiance was taken aback when he heard the words, and finally realized it, and hurriedly said: "My lord's words are true. Some of the soldiers and horses under the lord's command are barbarians. If you want to lead such soldiers and horses, you can't use conventional means. The subordinates walk on the ground. When I was a commoner, I heard that there was a soldier and horse stationed in Youzhou at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and there was a saying that he listened to the tune but not the announcement. The subordinates thought it was okay to do so.”

Li Xin knew that what Song Xiance said was listening to the tune but not the propaganda, and what he was talking about was Luo Yi in the legend of heroes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.In the late Ming Dynasty, storytellers were very popular, and the most typical one was Liu Jingting.His ancestral home is Yu Xichang in Nantong, but he was born in Taizhou.His original surname was Cao, his first name was Yongchang, and his courtesy name was Kuiyu.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan at that time, was crossing the south of the Yangtze River, Anhui Admiral Society Hongyu wanted to make friends with Zuo Liangyu and introduced Liu Jingting to Zuo Liangyu's office.Zuo Liangyu regretted meeting Liu Jingting late, and let Liu Jingting participate in deciding important secret military affairs.Military officials also dare not look at Liu Jingting as a storyteller.Zuo Liangyu had never read a book, and all the official documents were written with the intention of the subordinates, refining the words and sentences, citing the past to prove the present, and trying their best to write them, but Zuo Liangyu was not satisfied.And what Liu Jingting often heard, what he often said, and what he got from the common sayings in the back and forth alleys, just fit Zuo Liangyu's appetite. Later, Liu Jingting was ordered to go to Nanjing. Liangyu, I heard that he sent someone, and there was no one who did not receive Liu Jingting with respect. Officials below the prime minister all let Liu Jingting sit on the honored seat facing the south, and called him General Liu, Liu Jingting did not show any signs of uneasiness.It is quite rare for a storyteller to be able to do this.It can also be seen from this that in the late Ming Dynasty, storytelling was also very popular, and many versions of romances were born because of this. Many versions of the Sui and Tang Dynasties are very popular now.

After hearing Song Xiance's thoughts, Zhang Cai sneered in his heart.As an orthodox Zhang Cai, he has the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor in his heart. Although he has taken refuge in Li Xin now, he is still very proud in his heart and looks down on people like Song Xiance.

"Boom!" At this moment, a loud bang was heard, and then the city wall was felt to shake, and even Li Xin and the others changed their expressions.

"How can there be such a powerful gunner?" Li Xin glanced around. He knew that the imperial army had artillery. According to reason, at this time, the accuracy of the artillery is quite poor. There is no computer calculation. At most, the first round was just to check the angle and then make adjustments, but it was rare for such a first round of firing to be able to hit the city wall.

"My lord, it must have been an accident!" Zhang Wu had seen cannons before, but after being startled, his face quickly returned to normal. He couldn't believe that there was such a powerful gunner who could hit the city wall with a single shot.

"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and the city wall shook again, obviously hitting the city wall again. If Dengzhou City hadn't been extremely strong, it might have been crumbling under the opponent's attack.

"Is this also an accident?" Li Xin was extremely dissatisfied, snatched the binoculars from the guards, and looked at the artillery position opposite.It has to be said that the artillery positions of this era are extremely simple, or in other words, they are placed in front of the army.When attacking, go first with the artillery.Li Xin soon discovered that many artillerymen surrounded the two generals.One of the generals was directing the gunners.

"When the decisive battle comes, I want those two people." Li Xin handed the binoculars to Zhang Wu and said, "These two people can't be killed. I didn't expect the court to have such a powerful gunner."

"After an hour, call Chen Han." Li Xin waved his hand, his expression was extremely calm, and the generals around saw Li Xin's calm appearance, so they relaxed a lot from the opponent's cannon, and no longer took it to heart.

"Dengzhou City is far stronger than you and I imagined!" On the artillery position, Yang Yufan and Peng Youmo looked at Dengzhou after the cannons raged, but found that only huge green bricks appeared, and sighed a little.

"Brother Yang, I don't know if you have heard the news?" Peng Youmo looked around cautiously, and then said softly.A face of mystery.

"What news?" Yang Yufan asked curiously.

"An angel from the imperial court has arrived in Jinan City. It is Wen Tiren, the second assistant of the cabinet. He is here to reward everyone." Peng Youmo said with a smile.

"So what? After this battle is over, there will naturally be rewards." Yang Yufan shook his head and said.

"The reward is nothing, but if there is Li Xin in this reward, then there is a problem." Peng Youmo said disdainfully: "No one in the world knows who General Li Xin is. He is a member of the imperial court. Haven't the people rebelled yet? Gao Qiqian started to plot against the other party, if it wasn't for him this time, we probably wouldn't be able to leave Laizhou."

"Then what do you mean?" Yang Yufan frowned. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that if Li Xin hadn't captured Dengzhou and Kong Youde had backup, it would be impossible for him to withdraw his troops from Laizhou. Yang Yufan might have Became the second Xu Congzhi and died in Laizhou.

"Right now, Jinan City is shocked three times a day, and Eunuch Gao won't be able to stay here for long. Dengzhou can't be attacked for a long time. Once the court finds out, Eunuch Gao will be unlucky. Therefore, General Li in the city only needs to support one In three or five days, Eunuch Gao will have to withdraw his troops." Peng Youmo looked at the distant city wall, and said pointedly: "Dengzhou city is strong, and the best way to capture Dengzhou is to use cannons. Open the city wall. Otherwise, if the soldiers are mobilized to attack, I am afraid that there will be countless casualties. Eunuch Gao must not have that courage!"

"You mean?" Yang Yufan's eyes widened.

"A general like Li Xin shouldn't die in the schemes of some villains. He should fight in the battlefield with dignity, and fight against foreign tribes. What do you think, Brother Yang?" Peng Youmo said looking at Yang Yufan.He and Yang Yufan fought side by side in Laizhou, and they can be regarded as life-and-death friends, and because of this, he dared to say these words.

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Yang Yufan sighed, nodded and said.

After a while, there was the sound of cannons, and the whole position was filled with the smell of sulfur, filled with smoke, and the momentum was extremely loud. Gao Qiqian, who was watching the battle behind, nodded repeatedly.He didn't see any tricks in the back of the formation. Looking at such awe-inspiring momentum, he thought that the cannon had achieved fruitful results.

"Hey! What's going on, the cannon doesn't seem to hit the city wall now!" Zhang Wu, who was commanding the battle, looked at the opposite side curiously.After such a long attack, few shells hit the city wall, which surprised him very much.

"General Zhang, the time is almost up. It's time to call General Chen to attack." Zhao Guang on the side held a silver gun and was eager to try. He had been away from the battlefield for a long time.

(End of this chapter)