Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 255
(PS: Shout out in a low voice, asking for a monthly pass......)
The situation in Liaodong, what Young Master Zhang was worried about at the beginning was that Ming Xizong and Wei Zhong wanted to resolve the crisis in Liaodong, and Huixian couldn't wait to transfer himself to Liaodong to swap positions with the old man. He would rebel ahead of time, leading to the complete corruption of the situation in Liaodong, and the front line of building slaves was pushed to Shanhaiguan at once. That's why Master Zhang reminded Wei Zhongxian in his letter that Wei Zhongxian must not make this mistake.But after the letter was sent away, Young Master Zhang realized that he had neglected one key issue—that is, both Jiannu and Ningyuan Tumor might take risks and seize Shanhaiguan before he took over Liaodong, so that the Ming court and the Han people would lose their resistance to foreign races. The natural barrier of the cavalry also allowed Jianu to fully grasp the strategic initiative, forcing Daming to surrender aloofly and recognize Jianu's independence, thus splitting China!
Wanting to understand this, Young Master Zhang hurriedly dispatched his absolute confidant Zhang Shitou to Shanhaiguan to deliver a letter to the old man, reminding him to prepare for all kinds of responses, and at the same time to do his best to help the old man. The most important point is, Young master Zhang asked Zhang Shitou to warn Xiong Tingbi, be careful of the Achilles heel of Shanhaiguan, Jiaoshan Taipingding! ——Sun Chengzong is not an overly selfish person. When Young Master Zhang accompanied Gao Di to take office in Liaodong, Sun Chengzong, who had resigned from office, issued a warning to Young Master Zhang and Gao Di, warning Gao Di and Young Master Zhang not to put all bets Otherwise, once Jiannu discovers the weakness of Taipingding, the consequences will be disastrous.It's just that what Young Master Zhang didn't expect was that Xiong Tingbi, who had always looked down on Young Master Zhang, would fall into a bullish temper at this critical moment. He refused to listen to Young Master Zhang's warning and took measures to eliminate hidden dangers...

"Master Xiong, please think again!" Xiong Tingbi refused to listen to the advice, Zhang Shitou panicked, and hurriedly saluted and bowed and said, "Master Xiong, I think you know that my young master has always been a master of things. , never miscalculated on the battlefield, he said that Jiannu will probably know the weakness of Shanhaiguan from some people, and there will definitely be some rebels and traitors seeking glory! Put it on the Taipingding, and all the houses and barracks in Shanhaiguan City will be completely exposed to the guns, and if you regret it at that time, it will be too late..."

"Shut up!" Xiong Tingbi roughly interrupted Zhang Shitou's persuasion, and roared: "I still use that bastard to teach me how to fight? When I led the army to fight for the first time in 36 years of Wanli, that bastard was still wearing crotch pants! Touch Luck has won a few small victories, and he wants to ride on the old man's head to shit and piss, he is dreaming! And you Zhang Shi, don't think that you followed that bastard, experienced a few battlefields, gained a little knowledge, just Dare to come in front of me to point out the country! I eat more salt than you eat rice, your wife is still my former maid, I gave her to you because I saw you pitiful..."

Like Young Master Zhang, Zhang Shitou couldn't lift his head up in front of Xiong Tingbi, and was dizzy when scolded by Xiong Tingbi, but he didn't even dare to reply.But Shanhaiguan Supervising Military Discipline is better at employing people, and persuaded: "Master Xiong, Zhang Shitou and Tanhualang are also kind, even if you think what they say is wrong, don't be so angry? Besides, our family thinks that Tanhualang It makes sense, if Jiannu really set up the Hongyi cannon on Taipingding, all the targets in Shanhaiguan will be exposed to Jiannu's cannon, and the morale collapse will make us overwhelmed. Or else How about this, Commander, you send an army to camp on Taipingding and build fortifications, just in case?"

"No need!" Xiong Tingbi refused, and sneered: "I don't believe it, you bastard is really clever, Jiannu really dares to take risks alone, ignore the two major threats of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, and directly attack Laozi's Shanhaiguan? "

"Master Xiong, if those cancerous tumors in western Liaoning really worked, Governor Bi wouldn't have died so badly!" Ji Yong warned in a deep voice.However, Xiong Tingbi raised his huge head and said with a straight face: "Then let Jiannu come, the Shanhaiguan defense line, I have built it as solid as gold, if the dog Jiannu dares to come to die, I will accompany you to the end! But I arranged it all by myself. Line of defense, no need to adjust!"

Xiong Tingbi's stinky temper was already well-known throughout the world as early as the Wanli period. He had three ups and downs in Liaodong, and almost lost his head in prison twice. It was largely due to his stinky temper. This time he returned to Liaodong for the third time. In the position of supervisor, Xiong Tingbi's bad temper not only did not improve at all, but Xin Jiang was old and hot, and became more and more prosperous. Even the military supervisor Ji Yong who was born in the twelfth prison did not dare to provoke him.So seeing Xiong Tingbi insisting on his own opinion, Ji Yong didn't dare to persuade him too much, so he could only wink at Zhang Shitou, find an excuse to go out of the room with Zhang Shitou, and whispered in Zhang Shitou's ear: "Shitou, work hard again." After a night of rest, hurry back and report to Tanhualang, telling him to get ready. Our family is here to persuade Master Xiong to accept Tanhualang’s suggestion and send an army to garrison Taipingding. Just in case."

"Okay then, I'll trouble Eunuch Ji." The exhausted Zhang Shitou agreed with a sad face, and handed the package that Xiong Tingbi smashed back to him to Ji Yong, and said in a low voice: "Eunuch Ji, please keep this thing, and press it at critical moments." Act according to plan, maybe it can really help you a lot." Ji Yong is not as good-faced as Xiong Tingbi, and he has great trust in his former comrade-in-arms Master Zhang, so he immediately agreed to thank him and hid the package brought by Zhang Shitou in his room , for great use.Zhang Shitou stayed in Shanhaiguan for one night, and hurried back to Xuanda the next day to report to Young Master Zhang.

Zhang Shitou left Shanhaiguan on October [-]th. After he left, Ji Yong did fulfill his promise and persuaded Xiong Tingbi many times to build fortifications and station troops on Taipingding to protect the highest point of Shanhaiguan, but Xiong Tingbi said nothing He refused to listen, but insisted on arranging defenses according to his original deployment, and closely monitored the movements of the Jiannu army and Ningyuan army, and refused to make any adjustments.In the end, Ji Yong was in a hurry to persuade him, Xiong Tingbi simply yelled at him, blushing and yelling at him, cursing Ji Yong not to talk nonsense if he doesn't understand military affairs, it is enough to do his job as a political commissar honestly, and there is no need to interfere with the command of the army!Ji Yong has no choice but to pray that Jian Nu will not take the risk or discover this weakness, or that Young Master Zhang will rush to Shanhaiguan to help as soon as possible.

What Ji Yong was most worried about still happened. On October [-]th, Zhao Ledjiao, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan who was stationed in Qiantun, first sent an alarm and found that the Jiannu army had given up attacking Ningyuan and was advancing at full speed to Shanhaiguan. , as many as [-] troops!And another scout found out that Jiannu's other [-] troops had also abandoned Jinzhou and were also heading south!Hearing this news, there was a lot of turmoil in Shanhaiguan, and Ji Yong was even more anxious. Only Xiong Tingbi calmed down and immediately ordered: "Order Zhao to lead the teaching and let him abandon Qiantun and return to the Balipu camp to stand firm! Qiantun Bring all the food, grass and luggage, if you can bring it back, and burn everything you can't bring back!"

"Master Xiong, there are nearly [-] troops stationed in the front, and the city is still relatively strong. Isn't it a pity to give up like this?" Ji Yong asked while wiping his sweat.Xiong Tingbi smiled and replied: "Jiannu is here for Shanhaiguan this time. It doesn't matter to them whether they fight in Qiantun or not. If the army of Qiantun is allowed to stand firm, Jiannu will definitely bypass Qiantun and come directly in order to buy time. Attacking Shanhaiguan, so instead of letting the tens of thousands of troops led by Zhao go to waste in the front, it is better to let them return to Balipu and provide Shanhaiguan with a layer of protection."

"If Jiannu bypasses Qiantun and goes south, we can let Zhao lead the army to attack Jiannu's back? Wouldn't it be better to attack from both sides?" Ji Yong asked confusedly: "According to our observation, Zhao The leader and the traitor Ning Yuan are not too close, and he still obeys your orders to the supervisor, and if you let him send troops, he will not disobey orders, right?"

"Zhao Lijiao will listen to us, but it's a pity that his subordinates won't obey this order." Xiong Tingbi's old face showed a treacherous smile similar to that of his son-in-law, and said with a treacherous smile: "The soldiers in the former village are veterans who I eliminated from Shanhaiguan. Youzi, usually you only have energy when you are getting paid, and when you are in war, you can only run to the rear and run the fastest. Sending a supervising team doesn't work! Like these soldiers, you tell them to hide in the city and defend the city or have a little Let them pinch Jiannu's back, and they can escape north to Hetuala!"

"It makes sense." Ji Yong couldn't help smiling when he thought of the sight of these veterans running faster than the horses when they fled for their lives.But after thinking about it for a while, Ji Yong exclaimed again, "No! Master Xiong, if you do this, you will have more garrison troops, but when the Jiannu attack Balipu, these veterans will come back again." Running south, let them enjoy the landmines and horse traps we arranged in the north of Shanhaiguan! Also, if these defeated soldiers rush to the gate of Shanhaiguan, if we open the door to let them in, what will Jiannu rush in?"

"Don't worry, I have my own reasons." Xiong Tingbi shook his head and said with a smile: "You will understand at that time, go get ready, Jiannu jumped the wall this time, we have a big fight."

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Just as Xiong Tingbi said, as soon as he heard that the Jiannu army was coming to the south, the old soldiers in Qiantun had the idea of ​​fleeing south, and Xiong Tingbi gave up the order of Qiantun and passed it on to Zhao led the teaching army Afterwards, these veterans immediately packed up their luggage as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and loaded all the food, grass and luggage that could be taken away into the car. The leader had just ignited the fire, and these veterans immediately fled south again—the orderly marching team, retreating as fast as a galloping horse, thoroughly demonstrated the good spirit of a phoenix team on the battlefield.Zhao Ledjiao led his [-] elite troops to retreat to Balipu Fortress as a cover brigade, feeling depressed, "Is this my old team? When did it become so efficient and obedient?"

According to the wishes of the veterans in the former village, they had hoped that they could directly retreat into the heavily fortified Shanhaiguan Pass City, but it is a pity that just after they ran to Balipu, Cao Bianjiao, the general under Xiong Tingbi's command, led a The elite Ming army blocked their way——Cao Bianjiao’s uncle, Cao Wenzhao, was already Xiong Tingbi’s confidant general when Xiong Tingbi served as the governor of Liaodong for the first time. This time Xiong Tingbi came to Liaodong for the third time. Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao Uncles and nephews naturally became Xiong Tingbi's most trusted confidants and generals together.Cao Bianjiao was not polite either. He pointed his knife at these veteran soldiers and shouted, "Enter the camp at Balipu to garrison! When Jiannu comes, there will be reinforcements for you! If you can't hold it, you can retreat to Shanhaiguan!"

"It's good to have reinforcements." The veterans secretly rejoiced, and honestly entered the Balipu camp without even a city wall. At the same time, they made up their minds that when the slave-building army arrived, they would immediately head south Run, escape back to Shanhaiguan to save your life—for the convenience of escaping, most veterans don't even bother to untie their packages, and just put them by the bed, so that they can escape easily.Cao Bianjiao waited until Zhao Shuilun's rear army also entered Balipu, and then handed over the defense of the Balipu camp to Zhao Shuilun and other former generals, and took Zhao Shulun back to Shanhaiguan alone to listen to Xiong Tingbi's instructions Command and face-to-face instruction.

The slave army came very quickly this time. On October [-]th, they set off from Ningyuan and headed south. On the [-]th, at noon on the [-]th, they had already arrived at Zhongqian, only [-] miles away from Balipu. The vanguard general Mang Gurtai led the way. With [-] cavalry leading the way, it would take at most two hours to kill them outside the Balipu camp.At this moment, Zhao Lediao summoned the entire army and held a pre-war mobilization meeting. Facing tens of thousands of veterans, Zhao Ledjiao held his waist knife and shouted viciously: "Brothers, those who built slaves! The striker is coming! Master Xiong has ordered us to take the initiative to fight, we must kill the first wave of Jiannu's attack, and we are not allowed to take a step back! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed immediately! Defend the family and the country, make contributions to the cause, this is the battle! "

"Damn, these words are making your ears callused." The veterans sneered in disdain in their hearts, and shouted in unison, "Defend the family and the country, swear to destroy the slaves! Defend the country, swear to destroy the slaves !"

"Damn it, go coax the ghost!" Zhao Latejiao also sneered in his heart, and shouted viciously: "Now I announce that if you kill a Jiannu soldier on the battlefield, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver! At least ten taels of silver will be rewarded! Take the head of Manggurtai, and you will be rewarded with 5000 taels of silver! Whether you are killed or injured in battle, you will be compensated! The supervising team is led by the general himself, and anyone who takes a step back will be killed immediately! "

"Ladies, break up your supervising team!" The veterans snorted coldly in their hearts, and shouted in unison, "Make meritorious deeds, swear to destroy Jiannu! Make meritorious deeds, swear to destroy Jiannu!" Zhao led The teacher stopped being wordy, and immediately assigned tasks, let the lieutenants Zuo Fu and Zhu Mei lead the army to fight, and he himself led a supervisory team composed of elite soldiers to guard the rear of the team, just waiting to kill with a knife!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of the horseshoes of the Jiannu army was getting closer and closer, the dust was billowing, and even the false dragon flag of the Jiannu Zhenglan Banner was already in sight.At this moment, someone in the veterans' rank shouted, "Brothers, Jiannu is coming! Run!"

"Run!" Before the words fell, the team that was neat just now was in chaos. Countless veterans turned around, carried knives, and ran away with their bags on their backs. There is a posture of rushing the supervising team back to Shanhaiguan.Zhao led the teaching team to gather in a group and retreat slowly.Seeing this scene, the lieutenants Zuo Fu and Zhu Mei, who were trying their best to fight Jiannu, were in a hurry, so they had to lead thousands of people capable of fighting to retreat slowly, and Zhu Mei rushed to Zhao to teach In front of him, with red eyes, he shouted: "General Zhao, these veterans are playing the old tricks again! What should we do?"

"Don't worry, they can't run away." Zhao Lijiao showed a smirk on his face, and said with a smirk: "After all, he is Tan Hualang's father-in-law, and his heart is as dark as it is!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Before the words were finished, there were loud noises from the south, followed by the screams of veterans, "Mines! Damn, there are landmines on the way back to Shanhaiguan! Squeeze me, you want to die yourself!" There were also veterans crying loudly, "Brothers in Shanhaiguan, don't light the fire, we are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, you don't need to bomb us with mines!" The Shanhaiguan soldiers who set the fire on fire quickly came back and cursed, "Fuck you, you don't want to run if you don't repel Jiannu's attack!"

"I've been fooled! The old bear is forcing us to fight Jiannu!" Since he is a veteran soldier, his brains are not bad, and many veteran soldiers have come to their senses——Xiong Tingbi is using a desperate trick to force Let's fight to the death with Jiannu!Zhao Lijiao also made the soldiers of the supervising team shout, "Brothers, we have no way out, we can only fight to the death! Killing one is enough, killing a pair to earn one! Kill——!"

"Kill me! I don't want to die! The ladies outside the pass are still waiting for us to love them!" Many veterans cursed violently, and at the same time, a few brave ones launched a gambling-like charge towards the minefields, but it was very difficult. It is a pity that the Shanhaiguan soldiers opposite them did not hesitate to ignite the fuse buried in the ground, and the mine exploded, blowing up several veterans who had fought dozens of games without losing their lives and had not won any battles. Gotta fall apart.But the Jiannu cavalry in the north were getting closer and closer, and even Mangurtai's rough and ugly screams could be heard clearly, "Kill! Kill! Kill all the barbarians!"

"Brothers, if you don't try your best, just die!" Zhao Lijiao roared, and shouted: "All those who take the handle, give me the fight, and fight with Jianu!"

Roaring, Zhao Lengjiao waved his hands to gather two thousand soldiers who could really fight a tough battle, and rushed towards the Jiannu army with shouts.Over there, Mang Gurtai did not expect that the soldiers of the Ming army, who were always as timid as a mouse, would dare to charge back. He hurriedly waved the flag, and the whole army accelerated, and immediately collided with the two thousand people led by Zhao, shouting to the sky. The sound of killing and the clash of swords immediately echoed in the narrow battlefield of Balipu.At the same time, countless Jiannu cavalry bypassed the team led by Zhao, screaming and killing the Ming army veteran Youzi who was intercepted by the minefield.Things have come to this point, the veterans have no way to go to the sky, nowhere to go to the ground, and they are not willing to be massacred by the slave cavalry. In desperation, countless veterans dropped their bags and raised their knives and roared, blood red He rushed towards the Jiannu army with his eyes closed, "Brothers, kill! Fight one by one!"

"Kill!" Supported by the strong desire to survive a hundred times that of ordinary people, more and more veterans threw away their luggage, raised their knives and charged at the Jiannu cavalry, fighting for their lives with the Jiannu soldiers on their horses.Not to mention, these veterans are very good at fighting, because they have so much experience in the battlefield, the tall ones and the cavalrymen desperately slashed at each other, parrying the opponent's deadly knives, and the short ones Others specialize in chopping off horse legs, as long as one leg is cut off, the slave cavalry on the horse will definitely fall off, and then those waiting for the slave cavalry will have to cut him down with three or four life-threatening steel knives. Seven or eight cuts will never stop!Moreover, these veterans are also extremely crazy when they are desperate, and they will never retreat when they are cut and stabbed-the key is that the way of retreat has been blocked, even if they try their best to get stabbed themselves, they must return ruthlessly on the enemy. With one stab, he won't be able to retreat despite being stabbed and arrowed in the body-the key is that there is no place to retreat!It made the Jiannu soldiers baffled. They almost thought that they had run into the Qi family army and white soldiers a few years ago. The worst individual combat power could be killed with an elite Jiannu soldier?Under the timidity, the Jiannu soldiers' charging momentum not only stopped abruptly, but showed signs of being repulsed by the veterans.

"It's a ghost! Did the barbarians take the wrong medicine today?" Mang Gurtai, the pioneer of slavery, seemed to be the one who was most puzzled. Such a Ming army team dared to fight, dare to rush, and dared to die together-for the thin Jiannu, this was the most troublesome enemy, even if one was exchanged for two, it would not be worth it.Under the timidity, Mang Gurtai even wavered a little, should he retreat temporarily, avoid these lunatics temporarily, and wait for the main force to arrive before fighting them decisively?

"Boat! Barbarian's warship!" It was Xiong Tingbi's ambush that prompted Mang Gurtai to make the decision to retreat. Four Western gunboats sailing from Qinhuangdao Wharf had long been lying in ambush on the reef of Jiangnv's Tomb Island west of Balipu. , After receiving Xiong Tingbi's order, four western gunboats bought with a lot of money rushed to the flanks of the Jiannu team, lined up, and then lit and fired!Light the fire, fire again!Blossoming cannonballs rained down, blowing up the Jiannu people, crying ghosts and wolves, and the team was in chaos.The veterans, who liked to beat the dogs in the water, all had their morale boosted, and they charged like chicken blood, killing the Jiannu soldiers and running away with their heads in their arms.Mang Gurtai saw that things were not going well, and with the attitude of being unable to fight and escape, he hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw! Wait for the main force to come and then take revenge!"

"Kill!" The Jiannu army was forced to retreat, and the veterans were immediately happy. They once again showed their good running skills and chased the Jiannu cavalry. They not only quickly regained the just lost Balipu camp, but also bit them The slave-building cavalry did not let go of their tails, as if they would not cut off a head for five taels of silver.After receiving the report from the scouts, Ji Yong, the Shanhaiguan military supervisor, jumped up and down happily, and praised repeatedly: "It is Xiong Dushi after all, and it really is old and strong. You have used these veterans! Our family is still here today. You know, these veteran oil can still be used like this!"

"Hmph, what is this?" Xiong Tingbi snorted proudly, "There are more things to entertain Gou Jiannu in the back!" Speaking of this, Xiong Tingbi asked curiously: "Grandpa Ji, that little bastard Zhang Haogu is here When you were in Jinzhou, how did you deal with these old soldiers?"

"Tanhualang, his methods are similar to yours." Ji Yong secretly scolded Weng and his son-in-law for being the same as two dogs, and replied with a smile: "Tanhualang used tricks to deceive the son of the old Jiannu Nuerhachi. They were cut in the city, and the cut human flesh was thrown to the soldiers to eat, forcing the old Jiannu to issue a massacre order. In this way, the soldiers in Jinzhou City will die even if they want to."

"You son of a bitch, you only play tricks all day long." Xiong Tingbi muttered disdainfully, but there was no trace of anger in his voice.Seeing that Xiong Tingbi was in a good mood, Ji Yong quickly said tentatively: "Master Xiong, do you think about the matter of Jiaoshan Taipingding again? It should be too late to send troops to garrison now..."

"Don't think about it!" Xiong Tingbi once again roughly interrupted Ji Yong's well-intentioned suggestion, and slapped the arrow stack and shouted: "You son of a bitch wants to command me thousands of miles away, let me fight according to the plan, dreaming! I just don't garrison in Taipingding , Let's see what Gou Jiannu can do to me!"

(End of this chapter)