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Chapter 260 Counterattack Plan
"Kill--! Kill--! Kill--!" The fierce battle at the east gate of Shanhaiguan is still going on, and the army of slaves is still attacking the Shanhaiguan wall one after another. Locusts, people come and go like ants, the sound of killing is like thunder, blood flows like rivers, corpses pile up like mountains, and the fierce battle is extremely fierce.But anyone with a discerning eye can see that although Jiannu's charge is fierce, it is limited to the disadvantaged terrain. Most of the Hongyi cannons imitated by the [-] Deluocha people were also destroyed by the Ming army's artillery. There is a serious lack of effective means of attacking the city. Unless there is a miracle, or if you make up your mind to fill the trenches with corpses and pile up a mountain of corpses in the upper city, no matter how you fight, you will have nothing to do with Shanhaiguan, the most powerful pass in the world.

Jiannu has never been good at attacking fortifications. This is a fact admitted by both the Ming army and Jiannu themselves. I hope that the Ming army will shrink back and give up the city voluntarily—for example, after the Battle of Guangning, Xiong Tingbi voluntarily gave up Ningyuan and Jinzhou, but once he encounters the Ming army city that everyone is desperately defending, Jiannu will have no choice—for example, Zhang Da The Jinzhou battle commanded by the young master.But this time, Shanhaiguan not only has a stronger city than Jinzhou, but also has better fortifications and stronger firepower, so Jiannu can only look at the city and sigh.

Despite all kinds of objective conditions and unfavorable situations in front of them, Daishan and Huang Taiji still hoped for a miracle, and sent cannon fodder one by one to the front line to kill the Ming army and contain the main force of the Ming army. Create an opportunity for Tang Gu's surprise attack force.In this way, the casualties of Jiannu's main force were extremely large. In just three or four hours, Jiannu lost nearly [-] troops on the frontal battlefield, and more than a dozen Niulu teams were completely eliminated from the establishment. Disappeared, and there were countless soldiers who were slightly injured, seriously injured, and disabled. They were lying on the back of the Jiannu camp covered in blood, crying and moaning. The tragic scene was unbearable.But what made Huang Taiji and Daishan very anxious was that the soldiers of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan City were still fighting bloody battles in an orderly manner, and there was no sign of chaos behind the attack, but the generals at all levels of Jiannu kept running to the front and cried, "Dabeile , Sibeile, we can’t fight anymore, we can’t fight like this anymore, the barbarian’s city is too strong, and the soldiers are too tenacious, if we continue to fight like this, we will only let our warriors die in vain.”

"What the hell is Tang Gugo up to? Why hasn't there been any movement?" Once again scolding the general who came to cry, Daishan stretched his neck in a hurry and looked behind the impossible Shanhaiguan Pass. Didn’t do anything? Is there something wrong there, is Ning Yuan’s sea ship not sending them to the rear of Shanhaiguan, or was the barbarian army discovered? Or that barbarian Yang Qi didn’t do what he said and didn’t open the door?”

No one could answer Dai Shan's question, and all the senior Jiannu generals, including Huang Taiji, were frowning, staring wide-eyed, feeling uneasy and helpless.After a while, Abatai, the seventh son of Nurhachi, carefully suggested: "Second brother, why don't you withdraw your troops for a while, anyway, Shanhaiguan will definitely not be able to fight from the front, so it is better to let the troops retreat and take a rest to reduce casualties. When Fourth Brother succeeds, it won't be too late for us to attack the city."

Dai Shan was a little tempted, but he said in a difficult way: "But after we retreat, the barbarian army can also get a rest, and pay attention to Ximen. If the barbarians discover the fourth's strange soldiers, the fourth's [-] elite soldiers will be killed." Is it dangerous?" After that, Daishan turned to Huang Taiji and asked: "Old Ba, what do you think of Lao Qi's idea? Do you want to let the army withdraw to rest for a while?" Huang Taiji was also in a dilemma, and it took him a long time to answer Said: "Second brother can figure it out, younger brother doesn't know what to do."

"Ask for nothing!" Daishan roared, and then looked at the sky, and found that the hazy sky was getting darker and darker, it was already approaching evening, and there were signs of snowfall, and then looked five miles away Seeing that the battle on the pass wall is still extremely fierce, the artillery of the Ming army is still roaring, desperately bombarding the self-army troops below the city, and all kinds of defensive weapons are also wreaking havoc, harvesting the self The precious lives of the soldiers of the army, the trenches below the city were almost completely filled with the corpses of the soldiers of the army, and the stench of the corpses scorched by kerosene floated five or six miles away, and the stench was still extremely bad. Feeling sick, neither the slightest sign of civil strife in the Ming army, nor the slightest hope of breaking the city.After hesitating for a long time, Daishan finally let out a long sigh, "Don't let the soldiers die, Mingjin, the barbarian is also very tired, if Tang Gu can do it, there must be hope."

"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdang!"The golden gong rang, and a slave soldier who had been fighting hard during the day and couldn't get up to the city wall seemed to be pardoned. He threw away the useless ladder, turned around and ran away with his head in his arms.The Ming army roared with joy when they were turned off, and they worked harder and harder to fire guns and arrows to destroy the enemy as much as possible. It was not until the Jiannu defeated army fled back to the main formation, beyond the range that the Ming army artillery could not reach, that the various weapons that were turned off were completely quiet. After coming down, only the cheers of the soldiers of the Ming army continued, shaking the mountains and shaking the sea.Hearing the cheers and laughter full of sarcasm, Dai Shan spat heavily, and cursed: "Goofy, let you have fun for a while, the sky is getting dark, and Tang Gu can do it now. Sometimes you will cry."

"Second brother, I think fourth brother will never be able to do it." Huang Taiji said with a pale face: "If fourth brother had the opportunity to do it, he would have done it long ago, and take the detour to the back of Shanhaiguan by sea, at most an hour is enough , but now a whole day has passed, and there is still no news from the fourth brother, which proves that something must have happened to the fourth brother. Now I just pray that the loss of the fourth brother will be smaller, and he will take the three thousand troops behind Shanhaiguan , but they are all the essence of Zhengbaiqi."

"Isn't it possible? Manzi's elite in Shanhaiguan has been restrained by us. Even if the fourth brother's surprise soldiers are discovered, how much force can Xiong Laomanzi spare to deal with him?" Daishan asked with a glimmer of hope.Huang Taiji replied in despair: "But what if Old Manzi Xiong used a swindle to lure us to attack behind Shanhaiguan from the beginning? He wouldn't deploy the army of Manzi Yan Mingtai from Jimen to ambush Fourth Brother?" Having said that, Huang Taiji Tai Chi said again full of doubts: "But what I don't understand the most is that Manzi Yang Qi's character has never been very good, he will never be great to sacrifice himself for the court of Manzi, and his relationship with Old Manzi Xiong is also extremely bad. How could he be willing to sacrifice his life for the old barbarian Xiong? Using bitter tricks to deceive us? Moreover, all kinds of information show that the old barbarian Xiong Tingbi has always been self-proclaimed, arrogant and confident. Tricky, why did you use such an obscene trick this time? Could it be..."

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji's face lost any color, and he screamed: "Could it be that Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is in Shanhaiguan? That little barbarian is an unscrupulous mad dog, as long as he can attack us and kill our soldiers , He can use any means! Moreover, Manzi Yang Qi was recommended by him to become the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, so Manzi Yang Qi would never dare not listen to his words!"

"Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is in Shanhaiguan? Impossible? He hasn't shown his face?" Dai Shan's face lost all color. After careful analysis, Dai Shan also felt that Huang Taiji's words were justified, and he pretended to surrender to lure the enemy and so on. The dirty tricks -- that's Master Zhang's forte.Just at this time, Abatai shouted again, "Second brother, eighth brother, look quickly, another military flag has been erected on the tower of Shanhaiguan City!" Another military flag was erected on the ground, and the illiterate Dai Shan was fine seeing this military flag, but Huang Taiji slumped on the ground on the spot, screaming: "Fourth Brother is finished! It's the flag of the Slaughtering Army, Zhang Haogu's small The mad dog is indeed in Shanhaiguan!"

"Report—!" At this time, another Jiannu scout rushed over quickly, knelt down in front of Daishan and Huang Taiji and cried loudly, "Master Baylor, something is wrong, the fourth master's head was killed for some reason. The barbarian army is hanging on the city wall! There are also barbarians shouting, saying that the four masters have been wiped out, and tell Lord Baylor to wash your necks clean and wait to die!"

"Retract the troops and return to the camp." In the face of the upheaval, Daishan didn't care to feel sad for his brother and the three thousand elites, and subconsciously shouted: "Quickly withdraw the troops and return to the camp to stand firm, that little mad dog must be playing tricks again. Don't be fooled! Three times more at night... No, five times more scouts, that shameless little barbarian likes sneak attacks the most, so we must prevent him from robbing the camp!"

"Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, has returned to Liaodong?" The rest of the Jiannu generals had already become frightened, and they turned around and ran away without saying a word, shouting as they ran, "Quickly retreat! That little barbarian Zhang Haogu is here again. Be careful, old man! That bastard is going to play tricks again!" And most of the Jiannu soldiers have suffered from Master Zhang. When they heard that Master Zhang had returned to Liaodong, they were all frightened out of their wits. , Subconsciously ran away, many soldiers simply dropped their weapons and ran faster than the other with their heads in their hands, screaming one after another, "The Demon King Zhang is back, the Demon King Zhang who kills without batting an eye is back! He's coming to torture us again——!"

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At the same time, on the tower of Shanhaiguan City, Young Master Zhang used a telescope to see the scene of Jiannu fleeing in embarrassment. He couldn't help but be very satisfied. As soon as it hits the Shanhaiguan tower, the dog Jiannu will have to flee for his life!" Ji Yong replied with a wry smile: "Tanhualang's prestige can indeed have the effect of making Jiannu run away, but Tanhualang, you have to be careful— —Because Master Xiong is already standing behind you." Before the words finished, Young Master Zhang covered his head and screamed.

"Bastard, you are the governor of Xuanda. Shanhaiguan is the governor's office of Liaodong. Who allowed you to plant the military flag on the tower of Laozi Shanhaiguan?" Xiong Tingbi punched Young Master Zhang on the head again, roaring: Pull down your military flag, and if you want to hang it, go back to your Zhangjiakou and Datong Mansion in Shanxi Town to hang it, so as not to dirty Lao Tzu’s Shanhaiguan.”

"Father-in-law, I'm helping you too." Young Master Zhang screamed and explained: "Father-in-law, haven't you heard that attacking the city is the bottom line and attacking the heart is the top? My military flag was suddenly hoisted, and Gou Jiannu thought I was up to something. The morale must have been blown out, the morale of the army has been shaken, and I dare not use it again..." Before he finished speaking, Xiong Tingbi kicked Young Master Zhang's ass again, and roared: "You son of a bitch, do you want to say that I am not as good as you? Relying on the son-in-law's military flag to frighten Jiannu away and spread the word, where is my old face? Go and tear down the military flag immediately, or I will kick you to death!"

After arguing for a long time, Young Master Zhang still didn't dare to bear the name of being unfilial to his father-in-law. He honestly took off the military flag and handed it over to Wu Liuqi's army. Great victory today, by the way discuss the next military action.At the meeting, Young Master Zhang was the first to speak: "In my opinion, if Jiannu loses this battle, he will definitely not come to Shanhaiguan to die in vain. He will only choose to retreat with his troops! After the victory of our army, the morale is high. The naval forces of Dengzhou governor Sun Yuanhua and Tianjin governor Bi Ziyan are coming day and night for reinforcements, so I think we should send troops to pursue and cooperate closely with the naval forces to actively expand the results of the battle and strive for success. Annihilate the main force of the slave establishment!"

"Tanhualang's words are reasonable, but our difficulty in chasing Jiannu is too great, and there are many disadvantages." Mao Yuanyi, Xiong Tingbi's aide, analyzed: "First, it is winter now, and the monsoon on the sea is very difficult for our naval forces going north from the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Tianjin navy and Dengzhou navy have not yet arrived at Shanhaiguan, so it is naturally difficult to arrive at the scheduled combat location on time to complete the blocking mission. Second, although the Ningyuan army did not openly rebel, since the Ningyuan mutiny, the Ningyuan army has He and Xiong Dushi's orders have long been ignored, and they don't listen to the announcement. It is a dream to expect them to send troops to stop and cooperate with us to stop Jiannu! Third, the pursuit troops that can be dispatched in Shanhaiguan are only about [-] to [-] Among them, the [-] Jiannu army still has at least [-] or so, and there are another [-] Jiannu troops in the north to support them. In turn, it could be hit hard.”

"It makes sense." Xiong Tingbi nodded, and said in a rough voice: "These three are just major troubles, and there are more minor troubles. You can see that the sky outside has already started to snow. Once the heavy snow closes the mountain, our food, grass and luggage will be destroyed." Transshipment is even more difficult, and the speed of the army's march will also be greatly affected."

"It's difficult for us when the mountains are covered by heavy snow. Isn't it equally difficult for Jiannu?" Young Master Zhang retorted unceremoniously: "And in my opinion, the three minor troubles don't have much impact on us. First, the Jiannu army carried a large amount of food from the common people looted from outside Ningyuan City, and they were reluctant to throw it away. Marching with so much food, the speed of Jiannu's march would definitely be greatly affected. In addition, our pursuit Jiannu's marching speed will only be slower, and it is entirely possible for the Dengzhou navy and Tianjin navy to arrive on the battlefield on time. Second, although the Ningyuan army will not send troops to stop Jiannu, they dare not openly send troops to help Jiannu Nu, so this is not a big problem. Thirdly, although we don’t have many troops, who said that we have to fight Jiannu in field battles in pursuit? Jiannu turned around and fought back, wouldn’t we turn around and run away? Jiannu army Dare to delay too much time on the road? For us, our army only needs to bite the tail of the Jiannu, eat up the Jiannu bit by bit, weaken the power of the Jiannu, and finally fight against the water on the predetermined battlefield. With the cooperation of the master, we will eat up the main force of the slave establishment in one go!"

Xiong Tingbi remained calm, and after closing his eyes for a long time, Xiong Tingbi suddenly opened his eyes, stared at Young Master Zhang and asked in a deep voice: "Son, where do you think we should set the scheduled battlefield?"

"Tashan!" Young Master Zhang replied decisively: "Jiannu withdraws his army and returns to Liaodong. He must pass through Tashan. This place is adjacent to the Bohai Sea in the east and Baitai Mountain in the west. Our sailors can enter the battlefield as soon as they land ashore, and set up a blocking attack!"

"Zhang Xiantai, why not the Xiaoling River? Wouldn't it be more beneficial for our navy to block the attack on the river?" Shi Kefa, Young Master Zhang's aide, asked a relatively low-level question.Before the words fell, all the generals in Shanhaiguan were laughing together, and Young Master Zhang also smiled and explained: "Brother Xian, your suggestion is quite good if it is in other seasons, but it has already snowed here in Shanhaiguan. It must have been frozen over there, and our navy has no way to enter the battlefield."

"The students are ignorant, and you made the generals and adults laugh." Pharaoh Shi Ke blushed and apologized quickly.Young Master Zhang put away his smile, and said seriously: "Brother Xian, you reminded me of a major event. On the way to build slaves and return to the teacher, we still have a place where we can rebuild slaves!"

"Liuzhou River (now Liugu River)?!" Xiong Tingbi's eyes lit up, and he was the first to react.Young Master Zhang nodded and replied: "Father-in-law is really smart. The Liuzhou River is only 130 miles away from Shanhaiguan. When the army crosses the river, it is always the time when the army is the most chaotic and psychologically vulnerable—that is to say, when their army crosses halfway, that is the best chance for us to rebuild the slaves."

"The old man agrees with re-creating slaves in the Liuzhou River." Xiong Tingbi nodded, then hesitated: "As for letting the navy stop the slaves in Tashan, this point needs to be discussed carefully. The soldiers of the navy are relatively weak in combat effectiveness. Whether Taiwan and Sun Futai can fight a blocking war, and whether they dare to fight a blocking war, is still the same thing."

"Who said we can't fight anymore?" Xiong Tingbi hadn't finished speaking when two people came in outside the door, one of them shouted excitedly: "Master Xiong, don't worry, as long as you can kill Jiannu, you can also deal with Ningyuan's gang." Cancer, avenge my younger brother! I, Bi Ziyan, will block Jiannu for you even if I fight until the last soldier!" Another person also shouted: "Xiong Feibai, you are too mean, don't care How should I put it, am I also your old colleague for many years? You dare to say that I dare not fight tough battles, are you worthy of me?"

"Jinghui, Chuyang, you are finally here!" Xiong Tingbi was overjoyed and jumped up from his seat.It turned out that the people who hurried into the hall were none other than Bi Ziyan, the governor of Tianjin, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, who went north by sea to reinforce Shanhaiguan.While saluting, Bi Ziyan hurriedly said: "Master Xiong, don't hesitate, I just heard that you are going to send our navy to fight a blocking battle, no problem! I brought [-] troops from Tianjin , Brother Chuyang also brought [-] troops from Denglai, all of them have high morale, one counts as ten, you tell us to go there to stop, we will go there to stop, even if we use our bodies to block, we will fight with our lives , I will also block Jiannu for you!"

"That's right, I also brought [-] preparatory slave-slaughter troops, and they will definitely be able to fight." Sun Yuanhua assured Xiong Tingbi, while smiling at the bearded and staring Young Master Zhang: "Tan Hua Lang, don't be angry, you put The soldiers from Jiaozhou became a slave-slaughter army. I was jealous, so I brazenly recruited thousands of soldiers from your source of soldiers and robbed your source of soldiers. Please don’t be angry and forgive me.”

"Forgive you? Dreaming!" Young Master Zhang yelled pretending to be angry, "Do you know that Zhang Dapao has to go to Yiwu to recruit soldiers when I recruit soldiers this time, and you will pay me for the travel expenses and food expenses on the way! Pay for it!"——The result was very natural, and the yelling of Young Master Zhang naturally attracted Xiong Tingbi's bear's paw and roar, "You son of a bitch, Jiaozhou was originally the territory of Governor Sun. You recruited troops in Jiaozhou. Governor Sun didn't blame you for poaching his corner. Okay, are you still willing to ask for food expenses?"

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law is just joking." Young Master Zhang screamed aggrievedly while covering his head, which elicited a burst of laughter from all the civil and military officials present.After the laughter, Governor Yan Mingtai of Jimen also stood up, clasped his fists to Xiong Tingbi and said, "Master Xiong, I also agree with Zhang Tanhua's blocking plan. If Master Xiong feels that the troops are insufficient and he doesn't mind, I am willing to lead the army." The [-] cavalrymen from Jimen will be employed by the army to serve as Governor Xiong and eliminate the evil of slavery for the imperial court!"

"Master Xiong, let's fight! Let's fight!" Countless civil and military officials of the Ming army shouted in unison, hoping that Xiong Tingbi would accept Young Master Zhang's plan and send his troops to chase after him to get rid of Jiannu, a Chinese public hazard!And Xiong Tingbi rarely showed a smile, and replied with a smile: "What I was worried about at the beginning was that the navy would not be able to reach the battlefield. Now that the navy of Sun Futai and Bi Futai have arrived at Shanhaiguan in time, and they are determined to fight, how can I be afraid?" If they can’t fight, have they failed their sincerity to serve the country? Just do it, fight! Annihilate Jiannu in Tashan!”

"Oh!" All the generals of the Ming army cheered together.After finally letting the father-in-law listen to his suggestion, Young Master Zhang just smiled slightly, and did not show much joy, because Young Master Zhang clearly knew that there was still a major loophole in his opportunity, and he still had an army that could control the battlefield. The power of the situation is ambushing on the side of the battlefield, and whether the plan will succeed is still a great unknown.

(End of this chapter)