Chapter 32 In the shadows, no one grows up

Before the heavy rain stopped, the Jianzhou army surrounded it again.

The wet weather was extremely unfriendly to muskets, artillery.

Hong Chengchou watched Kong Youde standing in the muddy water and commanding the army to pour in from the mouth of the valley like ants, and then said to Yang Guozhu: "Open the cannon, target Kong Youde's handsome banner." ”

Yang Guozhu led the order to retreat, Hong Chengchou raised the telescope in his hand again, and Kong Youde's ugly face appeared in front of him again.

A few black projectiles smashed into the crowd like stones thrown into the water, and disappeared with a few ripples.

Hong Chengchou suddenly remembered what Yun Zhao had said to him.

People are born to be life-conscious.

Because everything we do in the world is to live, and the reason why we work hard and forge ahead is completely to live better......

That being the case, it is difficult to understand - why, on the battlefield, we forget the preciousness of life?

It's really a paradox – desperate to live better......

So, everyone is a natural gambler!

The defense of Songshan Fort is almost dead-end, no matter which direction Jiannu comes from, there are enough manpower here to defend, and Hong Chengchou gave priority to preparing firearms before coming to Liaodong.

This allowed him to maintain a strong combat force when he was in Liaodong, even when he was besieged by Dolgon under the city of Jinzhou, and made Dolgon suffer a lot in the retreat.

In the dense artillery fire, Jiannu took advantage of the wet and muddy land and began to dig trenches, just in front of Songshan Fort, one after another trenches were rapidly approaching Songshan Fort.

Arrows, muskets, artillery can easily deprive someone of their life as long as they are fired, and now, these weapons are doing such things.

And the offensive still did not stop.

When people die, the corpses are thrown on the top of the trenches as fortifications, and some of the fortifications are still alive, and the soil buried in them is pulled off again and again, and finally they are unable to save themselves, and gradually they become fortifications.

Hong Chengchou dug a horizontal ditch under the wall of Songshan Fort early, so when the longitudinal advance of these Jianzhou people reached the horizontal ditch, the spearmen who were lying in ambush in the horizontal ditch stabbed their spears from both sides, and when one came out, they stabbed one to death until the corpse filled the mouth of the longitudinal ditch.

No one flinched.

The people who sent them to death are still going on, and the assassins are doing the same.

There is no beauty in such wars, only blood and killing.

Sometimes, a few armor soldiers in armor will come out of the longitudinal trenches, and they will sometimes live a little longer than those in leather armor, and it is only a moment, and the reserve Ming army in the horizontal trenches will not give him too much room to move, often seven or eight spears will be stabbed together, even if it is a Jiannu with excellent martial arts, he will die in this unfavorable space.

An hour later, a piercing sound sounded on the Jiannu side, and the Jianzhou people in the longitudinal trenches quickly withdrew from the firing range with arrows and bullets above their heads, holding shields.

At this time, the Ming army in the trench was no different from the people of Jianzhou, and everyone was covered in mud.

Seeing that Jiannu wanted to entangle him so at any cost, Hong Chengchou suddenly smiled, it seems that Wang Pu still has room for maneuver.

He only hoped that Xia Chengde, who rushed to Beacon Hill in the rain, would have time to stop Wang Pu's stupid behavior.

At this time, taking refuge in Jiannu should be the worst option.

Everyone can see that at this time, Jiannu's ambition is limited, they have no will to enter the Central Plains, the reason why they want to launch the battle of Songjin at this time, and are ready to win at all costs, the only reason is Shanhaiguan!

Shanhaiguan is stuck in the throat of Yanshan, which is a Xiongguan for Daming, and conversely, once Shanhaiguan is obtained, for Jiannu, it is still a towering Xiongguan to resist Yunzhao.

Standing in Shanhaiguan and ruling with the Central Plains Dynasty, this is the most direct purpose of Huang Taiji to launch this war.

Hong Chengchou saw this, and he was determined to use this battle to show his world-class talent.

Wu Sangui, who had returned from the wave battle outside the city, stood quietly behind Hong Chengchou, and the two looked at the Songshan Fort battlefield that had just returned to calm.

The Ming soldiers in the horizontal trench were stripping the armor off the dead corpses, and after packing up the armor and even the clothes they could wear, they threw the naked corpses of Jiannu out of the horizontal trenches.

"Why did the Governor hastily send Xia Chengde out of Songshan Fort last night?"

Wu Sangui's gaze continued to fall on the soldiers outside the city, but his words were a little aggressive.

Hong Chengchou laughed and said: "Your uncle's family is so confused, if you say goodbye to him in Jinzhou, I'm afraid it will become a permanent secret." ”

Wu Sangui said: "Zu Dashou is Zu Dashou, and Wu Sangui is Wu Sangui." ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "If things in the world can be viewed from a certain height, the possibility of making a wrong decision is very small, the problem is that when everyone looks at the problem, they always only look at the immediate interests, which will lead to deviations in the results, which are different from their previous expectations."

Your uncle is a clear example of this.

He took refuge in Jiannu once, and then rebelled again, the court understood his behavior, because it was a helpless move, and His Majesty praised your uncle greatly, and your uncle dealt with it quite well, except for not accepting the edict to return to Beijing, there was no other mistake.

Wu Sangui, send someone to tell your uncle that he can rebel against Jiannu for the second time, otherwise his ancestral clan may not have a place to be buried. ”

Wu Sangui continued to look at the corpses everywhere, as if sleepwalking: "I don't know why, the Ming Dynasty has become more and more dilapidated, but people seem to be more and more energetic.

Commander, is it because of the influence of Yun Zhao's sentence - 'Liaodong kills slaves and heroes, and he is a guest on Lantian Seat'? ”

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Where did you hear this sentence?" ”

Wu Sangui smiled and said: "In Liaodong, the Wu family still has some ears and eyes, Commander, tell me, is it for the sake of Daming or for Lantian Yunzhao that we are fighting so hard now?" ”

Hong Chengchou said expressionlessly: "The king's order cannot be violated." ”

Wu Sangui saw that Hong Chengchou avoided talking about Yunzhao, so he once again gave up his hand and said: "Wang Pu did not take refuge in Jiannu, but he did not have the courage to kill Jiannu Fan Wencheng. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "How do you know? ”

Wu Sangui said: "This matter is secret, the lower officials only know about it today, and the commander knew about it last night, and the lower officials are even more surprised how the commander knew." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Wu Sangui and said, "Are you saying that Wang Pu is still reliable?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "The lower officials only said that Wang Pu would not take refuge in Jiannu, and the commander did not need to rush to break through." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled and said to Wu Sangui: "Are you willing to hang your life in the crotch of people like Wang Pu?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "The plan remains the same. ”

Wu Sangui simply left, which made Hong Chengchou have a good impression of this young military attaché.

At least, this is a person who knows how to measure himself.

Hong Chengchou sat at the head of the city to watch Jiannu, and Huang Taiji also sat on a chair to watch Hong Chengchou.

In the telescope, Hong Chengchou's appearance is quite clear.

Huang Taiji put away the binoculars and said to Dolgon beside him: "So, we can't even shake Wang Pu now, can we?" ”

Dolgon said coldly: "The existence of Lantian has given these Ming people one more choice, and we are obviously not the best choice. ”

"Then create a dilemma for Wang Pu, so that he has no possibility of taking refuge in Lantian."

Dolgon bowed and said, "It's already being done." ”

"Do you think Hong Chengchou will break through?"

"Definitely! And it will be soon. ”

"Why? Wang Pu did not take refuge in us. ”

"Because Hong Chengchou will not put all his hopes on people like Wang Pu."

"Since he doesn't believe in Wang Pu, why do he still use such people?"

"Back to His Majesty's words, because he has no choice."

Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon and said, "Like I have to use you?" ”

Dorgon bowed his head and said, "You have robbed me of my military power. ”

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "It seems that I have more choices than Hong Chengchou." ”

Dorgon looked up at his brother, and his emperor sighed, "If we can't capture more artillery and muskets, and if we can't quickly train an army that can operate artillery and muskets in numbers, we will have fewer and fewer options." ”

Huang Taiji said with a smile: "Yun Zhao is a strong enemy, but he has not yet reached the point of invincibility. ”

Dolgon said expressionlessly: "When we fought against Yun Zhao in Shijiazhuang, we basically fought a draw, but when we marched into Lantian City, our war with Yun Zhao fell behind.

When Yue Tuo fought against Gao Jie's army in the Fishing Sea, we had no advantage to speak of.

There are no loopholes in Yue Tuo's command, and Gao Jie's command is not better than Yue Tuo's, and the soldiers are still fighting bravely, but in this battle, we failed, and the failure was very miserable.

Brother Huang, what this means, you should be very clear. ”

Huang Taiji pinched the armrest of the chair with one hand and said, "So, we have to use the high wall of Shanhaiguan to keep Yun Zhao, a hungry wolf, outside." ”

"Unstoppable, Brother Huang, Yun Zhao's eyes are not only on the land of Daming, his gaze is much bigger than we imagined, I heard that Yun Zhao is ready to create a Daming that far surpasses the Han and Tang Dynasties.

And these rumors are gradually coming true.

One of his armies is now in the four counties of Datong Hexi, aiming directly at the Western Regions, and his other army is oppressing Zhang Bingzhong, treating him like a dog to open a sea route to Fujian.

This shows that Lantian Yunzhao has begun to stretch his arms, all the way to the north, all the way to the south.

He can't give us the possibility of demarcating the land and ruling the land, and even if we retreat, there is no possibility of coexistence.

Brother Huang, we shouldn't spend our limited strength in this war with the Ming Dynasty.

It makes no sense for us to get Shanhaiguan...... The only result is that Yun Zhao used Shanhaiguan to drag us out of the pass. ”

Huang Taiji snorted coldly, and two nosebleeds came out of his nostrils, staining his clothes red.

The first chapter, yesterday I went to see the coal mine, I saw the widows, orphans made by the coal mine, and I was in a bad mood, and I continued today.

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