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Chapter 256 Ginger is still old and spicy

Mang Gurtai was extremely unlucky and failed once again, which immediately sounded the alarm for the slave building army - the old bear who was the only one in the Ming Dynasty who had defeated Nuerhachi head-on on the battlefield was back!Although this old bear is a little older, his defense against backstabbing is still zero, his temper is still so bad, and he is still so bad at fighting for power, but he is still so difficult to deal with on the battlefield of flesh and blood, and he is still so good Difficult and tricky!Moreover, this old bear now has the support of a difficult son-in-law who is an expert in internal and external warfare, blocking the back arrows for him, and it is even more difficult to deal with!
"We still underestimate that old bear. This old bear is not much easier to deal with than his son-in-law." Daishan said with a green face: "The troops are basically equal, and we still use infantry to defeat our cavalry in field battles and kill us. We have more than 800 cavalry, this old bear is really not simple!"

"We underestimated the enemy." After losing the first battle, Huang Taiji's morale was shattered, and Huang Taiji's face couldn't look any better. He said in self-criticism: "Xiong Tingbi has been led by the nose when he returned to Liaodong this time. The opportunity to display his talents also made us forget a major event - Father Khan set up an army with thirteen sets of armor, and fought all his life, invincible. He only lost to Xiong Tingbi once in the fifth year of destiny! Now it seems that he Being able to defeat Father Khan is definitely not a fluke, and our attack on Shanhaiguan this time will not be as easy as imagined."

"No matter how easy it is, we have to take down Shanhaiguan this time!" Dai Shan also knew that time was running out, and decided decisively: "If we don't seize the strategic initiative this time, our life will be even more difficult in the future! Send the order Go down, the whole army will speed up, and we must arrive at Balipu before noon, kill the barbarian army there, and then look for opportunities to defeat the enemy."

As soon as Daishan gave the order, the slave building army immediately sped up their pace, people stepped up their whips and horseshoes, and they arrived at Bali, where Manggurtai had suffered a defeat, at noon that day, that is, on October [-]th, the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty. However, to the surprise of Daishan and Huang Taiji, Xiong Tingbi has not given up on the Balipu camp, which has no fortress walls in the north of Shanhaiguan. The boat has completely disappeared, and it is not known where it was ambushed.Fortunately, Daishan and Huang Taiji are not reckless men like Mang Gurtai. They didn't attack head and tail. Instead, they first established the army's position and sent scouts to scout the enemy's situation and terrain. .But it's okay not to do reconnaissance. After careful reconnaissance of the terrain, and comparing it with the map of Shanhaiguan secretly provided by Shan Zong, the faces of Daishan and Huang Taiji were longer than donkeys.

What makes Huang Taiji and Daishan depressed is the terrain and location of Balipu. As the name suggests, since it is Balipu, it is about eight miles away from the Shanhaiguan Pass—that is to say, if the Jiannu army does not pull out Balipu With this nail, there is no way to mount the Hongyi cannon, the magic weapon for tackling key problems, on the Taiping Peak of Jiaoshan, which is about six miles away from Shanhaiguan, behind Balipu.The road from Balipu to Shanhaiguan is very narrow, less than four miles at its widest point, and surrounded by Yanshan Mountain and Bohai Sea. Also have to guard against threats from the sea.What makes Huang Taiji and Daishan even more troublesome is that under the painstaking management of Wang Zaijin, Sun Chengzong, Gao Di and Xiong Tingbi, four Liaodong governors successively, the road from Balipu to Shanhaiguan has been densely covered with pits and pits. Lighting a landmine is completely a real road to death. If Jiannu wants to pass this road to death, he can't do it without paying an extremely heavy price.

"Damn old bear, he is even more slippery than his son-in-law!" Daishan slapped the map angrily, and roared: "If he doesn't garrison in Balipu, but just stays behind closed doors, everything will be easy for us, and now he is here. Stationing an army here is tantamount to choking our throats, preventing us from advancing or retreating."

"No way, the nail at Balipu must be taken down, otherwise we will never even touch the closed wall of Shanhaiguan." Huang Taiji also had a headache when he took this nail, so he could only grit his teeth and said, "We can only hit hard, and we can't even touch it." This barbarian army fights back to Shanhaiguan! Also, we must bite the tail of this barbarian army to death, it is best to rush in and mix with them, so that their gunboats and mines cannot be effective." Daishan had no choice but to Nod in agreement.

The plan was determined, and the regent Baylor Daishan immediately dispatched troops to attack the enemy. Soon, the drums of the Jiannu army were beating, and Tang Gugu, who volunteered to be the vanguard, led [-] cavalry to charge, screaming and killing to the south. Zhao led the teaching army.However, Zhao led the teaching army to change its style of desperate bloody battle yesterday. Zhao led the teaching to take the lead and shouted, and the seven or eight thousand Ming troops turned around and ran away. They did not give the Jiannu army a chance to get close. Tanggu sent his troops to pursue and successfully occupied The already dilapidated Balipu camp was biting the tail of Zhao's teaching army and gradually closing the distance.But at this moment, the ground under Tang Gujun's feet suddenly burst into thunder and flames, and one after another, the bloody Jiannu cavalry screamed and were thrown off their horses by the shock wave, and their tendons were broken and their bones were broken; the rest of the horses Frightened, they ran around, and suddenly many cavalrymen and horses fell into the horse pit by the side of the road, screaming in despair, and were pierced by the sharp stakes in the pit, and died miserably, causing the team to be in chaos .

"Kill!" The team on Daishan's side had just been hit hard, and Zhao led the teaching army on the other side to turn around and fight back. The tone caused hundreds of casualties to the Jiannu army, and the Daishan army was in chaos and could not resist at all.Daishan over there saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked E Yidu to lead the army to reinforce him. He never thought that E Yidu's army had just rushed to the vicinity, and when Zhao led the teaching army to beat the gong, thousands of veterans who were good at escaping Immediately ran away and ran again, the Eyidu army overtook the Tanggu army and chased again, but before chasing for a mile, the ground was full of thunder and fire, and the seemingly flat ground collapsed one after another, Jiannu soldiers screamed and screamed The team was in chaos again, Zhao led the teaching army and immediately turned around, rushed to the nearest place with a knife and slashed, and his forehead, which was also injured by the mine, roared and screamed , tried to restrain the team, but the team was already in chaos. Many soldiers either ran away or were cut down by the Ming army before they recovered. The teaching army didn't chase after them, but just stayed where they were and desperately harvested the heads of Jiannu wounded soldiers, assuming that they would run away again at any time.

In this way, Xiong Tingbi's tactics are also very obvious. He uses Zhao's teaching army as a bait to lure Jiannu cavalry to charge. , A large number of enemies were wiped out and the Jiannu team was blown up. Zhao led the teaching army to take the opportunity to counterattack and expand the results of the battle-this trick may not be too clever, but the difficulty is that it cannot be cracked. If you can't touch it, otherwise you will have to pay a heavy price on this road to death!So even though Dai Shan and Huang Taiji scolded Xiong Tingbi's shameless tactics, they had nothing to do with this damned ghost path and this damned shameless tactics.

"Tell Tang Gugu and Eyi to stop rushing, our cavalry can't stand such exhaustion!" In desperation, Daishan had to change his tactics, and shouted with bloodshot eyes: "Gather the barbarians in the army, coated with Aha , Let them dismount and walk, while digging mines and filling horse pits, slowly attack south.”

With an order, tens of thousands of unlucky traitors, traitors, and traitors were pushed to the front line, lined up in a neat line and slowly pressed south, resisting knives, guns, and hoes to remove mines from the human body.But at this moment, Zhao led the teaching army to change their tactics. Fifty Franco cannons were mounted on a cart and pushed out. In the middle, stones and iron horns fell like raindrops, making Jiannu soldiers cry and howl like ghosts and wolves, jumping like chickens and dogs, and corpses littered the field.Forced into desperation, the Jiannu infantry had no choice but to charge, wanting to get close and fight back with bows and arrows. Unexpectedly, Zhao led the army and retreated shamelessly. District, and then, bang——!Then, Zhao Ratejiao raised his knife and shouted, "Brothers, kill—!"

I have to admit that Xiong Tingbi's simple tactic is indeed very effective. Although it is not as versatile as Master Zhang's tactic, it is more direct and effective. Jiannu knows that the road ahead is full of dangerous traps, but he has to bite the bullet and step on this trap , Take precious soldiers' lives to fill these traps.In the end, Daishan, who was tortured by this tactic and went crazy, had no choice but to roar and order, "Go! Go! Go for me! Even if 1 people die, I will go to Shanhaiguan!"

The same direct method is also effective. Amidst the sound of rumbling explosions, under the charge of Daishan at all costs, the Jiannu army finally rushed to a position about three miles away from Shanhaiguan—in order to complete the short five-mile journey, Jiannu But it took more than three hours to go from the sun to the sunset.Looking at the Shanhaiguan City Tower in the distance under the setting sun, Dai Shan breathed a sigh of relief, and did not count the casualties—the key point is that he did not dare to count, because the five-mile road he walked was already covered with the flesh and blood of Jiannu soldiers.Daishan just yelled orders, "Beat the drum! The whole army must charge, and must rush to the Shanhaiguan city to attack the city before dark!" With thunder and thunder, the artillery fires, and the shells of the Hongyi cannons rain down on the Jiannu army. At the same time, four warships emerge from the sea like ghosts. 32 artillery shells are bombarded in turn, pouring the shells on the Jiannu army from the side. On the next day, the Jiannu army was caught off guard, and was once again bombarded with howling ghosts and howling wolves, turning their backs on their backs and making a mess.

At the same time as the cannon was fired on the top of the closed wall, the closed door below was also quietly opened by the Ming army. Team after team of Ming army cavalry went out with torches, lined up under the Shanhai Pass, put on a charging posture, and quickly completed the attack To prepare for the formation, Xiong Tingbi, who was nearly [-] years old, put on armor and held a nine-ring sword, and stood at the front of the team. Cao Bianjiao and Ma Shilong were on the left and right.Xiong Tingbi raised his sword and roared, "Masters of the Ming Dynasty, Jiannu is tired and messed up, and he has made great achievements in one fell swoop! Kill me!" After roaring, Xiong Tingbi clamped his legs on the horse and rushed to the enemy line first.

"Da Ming!" The 63 Daming cavalry carefully trained by Xiong Tingbi roared in unison, put on their saddles and jumped their horses, and followed Xiong Tingbi to charge towards the enemy.The Jiannu army on the opposite side did not expect that Xiong Tingbi would dare to lead the army to attack in person. Surprised, the Jiannu soldiers either stepped forward to meet the enemy, or scattered for their lives. Xiong Tingbi of Xie Yuan took the lead and rushed into the enemy group first, slashing and chopping with a nine-ring sword weighing [-] kilograms. All soldiers who built slaves who dared to step forward to meet the enemy were cut to pieces by the nine-ring sword. , Incomplete limbs, the Ming army cavalry behind swept northward like a torrent of steel, chopped and trampled the panicked Jiannu soldiers into blood and flesh, and then trampled into meat paste.

"Damn it, he's just like his son-in-law, he's so good at seizing opportunities!" Dai Shan, who had broken his head and never expected that Xiong Tingbi would take the initiative to attack, yelled, and hurriedly commanded Jiannu cavalry to attack, but the cavalry fought with his family on the narrow road. The defeated army collided head-on. In the dark, they wanted to go south to resist the enemy, and at the same time they wanted to go north to escape. They crowded and trampled each other, making a mess. On the left wing, there were Ming army warships pouring out shells all the time, which added to the Jiannu army. Countless chaos.Seeing that the situation was not going well, Huang Taiji quickly pulled Daishan's sleeve and shouted: "Second brother, the road is too narrow to fight anymore, retreat to the open area first, it's getting dark anyway, and the landmines and horse traps on the road are also gone. It’s gone, it’s not too late to attack the city tomorrow.”

"Damn it, this old bear!" Daishan spat out unwillingly, and roared, "Mingjin withdraws the troops, and returns to Balipu to set up camp." Withdrew, Xiong Tingbi's cavalry pursued closely. Behind Shanhaiguan, Yang Qi, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, led another infantry out of the camp. While cleaning the battlefield, he went north to meet Xiong Tingbi's army.

Because of Xiong Tingbi's pursuit too closely, Daishan's plan to set up camp at the throat of Balipu fell through again. Under Xiong Tingbi's onslaught, the Jiannu army was forced to abandon the newly acquired Balipu camp and retreat until it was ten miles away from Shanhaiguan. Only then did Xiong Tingbi withdraw his troops and return to the pass at Wuli's place.But when the next day dawned, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan were stunned to find out that the Ming general Yang Qi had set up another camp in Balipu, which once again blocked the throat of the Jiannu army's attack on Shanhaiguan!At the same time, the Jiannu scouts discovered that the infantry of the Ming army had urgently laid mines on the road behind Balipu to clear the pits!Obviously, Xiong Tingbi is determined to make this road the death road of the army of slaves!
"Damn it! This old bear, he is determined not to let us touch the city wall of Shanhaiguan!" Facing this situation, Daishan was in a hurry. He wanted to attack again, but he was afraid of falling into Xiong Tingbi again. Attrition trap, the army is very tired now, if the army is not allowed to take a good rest, the combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed.If you don't attack, not only can you not mount the Hongyi cannon to the top of Jiaoshan Taiping, but you can't even touch the city wall of Shanhaiguan.In his anxiety, Daishan was so anxious that he almost wanted to pull the tail of the mouse off his head, but he was still helpless.

"Second brother, don't worry, landmines are not so easy to bury. Manzi can't bury so many mines in a short time." Huang Taiji was far calmer than Daishan, and analyzed: "I think the key is the four warships on the sea. It’s not that these four gunboats sneak up on us from time to time, disrupt our team, and fight in the field. Our Dajin cavalry will never lose to Xiong Tingbi’s barbarian cavalry. It is easy to attack Shanhaiguan—so we must get rid of these four gunboats! Otherwise, even if we take down Balipu and set up camp at the Shanhaiguan Pass, we will not be able to sleep in peace!"

"Kill the barbarian gunboat?" Daishan roared angrily: "It's easy to say, our navy and warship? Let the soldiers swim to fight?"

"We don't have warships, nor navy." Huang Taiji said darkly, "But second brother, you forgot, there is a place that has them?"

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Different from the gloomy clouds and mist in the Jiannu camp, Shanhaiguan was full of joy and laughter at the moment. Countless civil and military officials flocked to Xiong Tingbi, scrambling to congratulate Xiong Tingbi.Xiong Tingbi, who was injured in the battle and had his left arm hanging, laughed loudly, and said triumphantly: "Gou Jiannu thought I was really old, and wanted to come and steal my Shanhaiguan, and dream again in the next life! A big battle, beheaded more than five thousand , Enough for the frail dog Jiannu to cry for a while."

"The key is Master Xiong's ingenious plan." Ji Yong couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and praised: "Retreat while bombing, and counterattack when the bombing is messed up. Gou Jiannu can't use his strength, so we have to obediently let us fight. Master Xiong, you are worthy of being the father-in-law of the Great Ming God of War Zhang Tanhua!"

"Fart!" Xiong Tingbi also turned his face like a dog, and turned it over as soon as he said it. He was smiling just now, and now he roared: "What Zhang Tanhua's father-in-law? It seems that I am in his favor! It should be said that that bastard is worthy of me Son-in-law! Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand, Zhang Tanhua is indeed the son-in-law of Master Xiong." Ji Yong agreed with a wry smile.But at this moment, several figures rushed into the hall suddenly, and Xiong Tingbi's soldiers at the door of the hall were startled, so they quickly drew their swords together. Fortunately, Ma Shilong screamed in time, "Brother Zhang, why are you here?" Put down your knives, this is the famous Zhang Haogu and Zhang Tanhua!" It turned out that it was none other than our young master Zhang Haogu who rushed in suddenly, followed by Zhang Shitou, Xiaopuzi and other soldiers.

"You son-in-law, why are you here?" Seeing his son-in-law appear, Xiong Tingbi's face beamed with joy, then immediately sank, and shouted: "Huduntu, you have taken him to the capital?"

In front of Xiong Tingbi, Young Master Zhang didn't dare to put on airs no matter how famous he was all over the world, he knelt down and kowtowed honestly, and replied respectfully: "Back to father-in-law, my son-in-law has just sent Huduntu and his son to the capital, and immediately asked for an order to come here." .”

"Decree?" Xiong Tingbi asked with a sneer, "Could it be that you bastard just asked for a decree by the way, letting you succeed me as the Liaodong Supervisor?"

"My son-in-law doesn't dare." Young Master Zhang felt a little guilty—Master Zhang did not ask Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian for this, but Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian heard that there might be an accident in Shanhaiguan, so they were so frightened that they quickly gave Young Master Zhang an imperial decree and a hand Shangfang Baojian asked Young Master Zhang to kick Xiong Tingbi out of Shanhaiguan if necessary, and then let Young Master Zhang take over the Liaodong Army.

"Don't dare?" Xiong Tingbi didn't show any face to his son-in-law, pointing to the Shangfang sword carried on Zhang Shitou's back and shouted: "What is that stone carrying? What is that thing wrapped in yellow silk?"

Young Master Zhang was even more guilty and dared not answer.Fortunately, there are many old friends of Young Master Zhang here, Ji Yong, Zhao Shujiao, Ma Shilong and others all came out to smooth things over and persuade Xiong Tingbi not to be angry.Xiong Tingbi didn't speak, got up and walked in front of Young Master Zhang, pulled Young Master Zhang away, Young Master Zhang didn't dare to resist, honestly let his father-in-law pull him out of the hall, and pulled him up to the north wall of Shanhaiguan.

"Did you see that? That's the Taiping Peak of Jiaoshan Mountain!" Xiong Tingbi pointed to the highest point six miles to the north, and then patted the young master Zhang's head again, and asked with a livid face: "Tell me, if I deploy the army there , what will happen?"

Young Master Zhang gazed at the vital point of Shanhaiguan Pass for a long time, and then took a telescope to look at it for a long time. Suddenly he came to his senses and exclaimed: "Is there no water source on the top of the mountain?"

"Where is the source of water for such a high mountain?" Xiong Tingbi sneered, and then snorted: "And that mountain hangs alone to the north of the Shanhaiguan Pass. Once the Jiannu troops approach the pass, they will take defensive positions to block Lao Tzu's army and send heavy troops to attack the mountain. Didn’t the army on the mountain die in vain?” Young Master Zhang was dumbfounded, and at the same time blushed a little—the last time Young Master Zhang came to Shanhaiguan was too short, and he didn’t have time to go up to the mountain for field inspections, but this time he was humiliated.

"You son of a bitch, do you think this old man really doesn't know about this weakness?" Xiong Tingbi scolded in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, the first person who discovered this weakness was not old man Sun Chengzong and sun, but my old friend Wang Zaijin, so he decided to find this weakness in Balipu. Build a new city and protect this vital point! It’s just that the old man Sun Chengzong was more pleased with the emperor and squeezed Wang Zaijin’s position, so the new city of Balipu was not built! Also, since the old man Sun Chengzong who likes to build bunkers discovered this weakness, why didn’t he build it on the top of this mountain? A blockhouse? Isn’t it because he also understands that this place is a place of death, and the army will not only fail to protect Shanhaiguan, but also let the army die in vain! It’s ridiculous that you bastard was frightened like this when Old Man Sun yelled at you, it’s really embarrassing to me! "

"But the question is, what if we don't care about it here?" Young Master Zhang asked cautiously: "If Jiannu put the Hongyi cannon on the mountain, how can you guard the Shanhai Pass, father-in-law?"

"Who said I really don't care?" Xiong Tingbi asked with a smile, "Does Jiannu have many red cannons that can hit ten miles?"

"Understood!" Young Master Zhang suddenly realized, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Xiong Tingbi, flattering him respectfully: "Sure enough, Jiang is still hot, father-in-law is brilliant, and son-in-law is as good as he is, so it's useless to worry about it!"

"Hmph, it's good to understand." Xiong Tingbi snorted coldly without blushing, "I am in Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan is safe, you can rest assured to let me go to suppress the rebels! But since you are here this time, stay and see me How to smash Jiannu, learn a little from Lao Tzu!"

(End of this chapter)