In late February, the province of Pyongyang is full of greenery, and the weather is gradually warming.

At noon on the 19th, three hours after the loss of Peony Peak, Zilharang hurriedly arrived at Pyongyang City with the main force of 40,000 Manchurian Eight Banners.

However, their journey was not smooth, and when they crossed the Taedong River south of Pyongyang, they were attacked by Ming artillery fire, and more than a dozen troop carriers were sunk, with thousands of casualties and thousands of corpses scattered.

It can be said that he died before he left the school, and he had no choice but to be the eighth king in the river.

Fortunately, the Ming army was only a vanguard army, with limited troops and artillery strikes, and the Qing army was old and weak cannon fodder to open the way, which had little impact on the combat effectiveness of the Manchurian Eight Banners.

Outside the city of Pyongyang, backed by the Daedong River in the south of the city (called the Yangtze River in North Korea), it was densely covered with Qing military camps, defending the city of Pyongyang in an arc-shaped way, and fighting fiercely.

Groups of Qing soldiers and horses frequently entered and exited the camp, and the number of unarmored followers and women and children of the ant colony traveled back and forth between the Datong River and the Qing army camp, carrying water to make food and feed the horses.

In the camp, a huge woven gold dragon stood in front of the Chinese army's tent.

There was a roar of rage and the crackling of whipping.

The wide tent was filled with Manchurian generals in gilded armor, who took off their helmets, revealing their iron-green scalps and a slender pigtail pigtail with a golden rattail at the back of their heads.

At this time, all of them were shocked, and their uncle, the regent Zilharang, was beating Prince Feiyango.

"Something that is embarrassing, you can't keep it for three days!"

Zierharang waved his leather whip and constantly beat Fei Yangguo, who was shrinking his body, and scolded while beating: "If you don't save the enemy, how can I have such an incompetent prince as you in the Qing Dynasty, I have lost the face of my ancestors!" ”

The loss of Peony Peak made Pyongyang City in a passive defense, and Zilharang was afraid that if he was a day late, maybe Pyongyang City would be defeated by the Ming army!

In such a situation, how can he not be angry, his anger rushes straight to his head, and the more he thinks about it, the more he hates.

Prince Du Fei Yangguo hugged his head and cowered, did not dare to resist, and let his uncle beat and scold.

He grew up watching Zilharang, and when he was young, he was almost executed by Huang Taiji because he pretended to commit a crime, but it was Zilharang who saved him by speaking.

At this time, although Fei Yangguo was grinning with his teeth drawn, fortunately he was wearing armor, which was not serious.

It wasn't until Zilharang was tired and vented his anger that Fei Yangguo cried: "Uncle, if it's not for my nephew's incompetence, I have 10,000 people in my hands, and I'm really powerless to support it!" ”

Ah Shan, the owner of the Yellow Banner, coughed and persuaded him: "Fortunately, Prince Du did not go out of the city to rescue, in case the Ming army ambushed in the middle of the road, Pyongyang City would be in danger." ”

Fei Yangguo gratefully glanced at Ah Shan, who spoke for him, and had already decided in his heart that he would find Ah Shan to propose marriage, marry his granddaughter, and marry a family!

Another banner owner persuaded: "Regent, Peony Peak is the defense area of Jinzidian, and the responsibility for this loss of land should be carried by him!" ”

Zilharang sneered, this gold is dead and his head is gone, how can he bear the responsibility?

He frowned and said: "Fei Yangguo, according to what you said, the Ming army first withdrew, and then suddenly killed the horse pistol, and captured the Peony Peak in a night attack, how many people did they dispatch?" ”

Zilharang wanted to know how many Ming troops there were on Peony Peak, whether they had put artillery and other weapons of destruction on the mountain, and how many soldiers and horses they needed to recapture Peony Peak......

Fei Yangguo covered his wounds and replied: "Uncle Wang, at least tens of thousands of people have been killed by the Ming army!" ”

Jierharang's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said suspiciously: "According to the sentinel investigation, the Ming army on Peony Peak went down the mountain to fetch water, and the daily water consumption was only enough for two or three thousand people.......

Fei Yangguo's dry and lean face shook violently twice, and he swore on the spot to prove that what he said was true.

Zilharang sighed and did not pursue further.

He thinks that with Feiyango's IQ, it is really not surprising that he can do such a thing.

Fortunately, Pyongyang City is still there, and everything still has a chance to be reversed, no matter how many men and horses the Ming army kills back, they still have to rely on their own judgment.

Zilharang dragged the slender money rattail pigtail and walked around the tent, thinking of a strategy to repel the Ming army.

He touched the beard under his big pie face, and suddenly asked, "Prince Du, what about the defeated soldiers of the Korean flag, have they been gathered?" ”

Fei Yangguo immediately stood up from his chair and replied respectfully: "If you go back to Uncle Wang, some of the Korean soldiers have been captured by the Ming army, and some have fled back to Pyongyang according to the military order. ”

In order to ensure the strength of the army and prevent the army from breaking up and wandering around, the Qing army had already formulated a military order.

Each general must inform his subordinates before the battle that if the army is broken up by the Ming army, he will retreat to the next military fortress.

Tieshan's army was scattered, and he retreated to Xuanzhou; Xuanzhou's army was broken up and retreated to Anzhou;

Anju's army was scattered, and then retreated to Pyongyang; If Pyongyang is captured again, it will have to retreat to Shengjing.

This step by step was arranged clearly, but many of the routed soldiers took the opportunity to slip away, unwilling to fight with the Ming army, unless they were really hungry and couldn't survive, so they continued to stay in the army and eat.

Before the start of the war, he thought about how to go when he was defeated, which showed that the morale of the Qing army was low.

Zilharang nodded slightly, and said, "Combine them into a battalion, manage them for one day, and be hungry for one day." ”

"Uncle, why did you do this?"

Fei Yangguo's face was unclear So, the other flag owners also didn't understand, those cannon fodder minions, just feed a few bites, and still be full? Do you think there is a lot of food in the Qing Dynasty?

There are no outsiders here, and Zierharang did not sell the guanzi, and said bluntly: "Prince Du, you select 500 people from the hungry troops, and when the Ming army rushes up to fight, let them rush into battle with gunpowder bags!" ”

Gunpowder packs?

Fei Yangguo's pupils constricted, and he used this kind of thing on the battlefield to make it clear that the dirt buns of the North Korean flag would fight for their lives!

The Eight Banners Banner Masters have completely figured out that the regent wants to exchange the hundreds of lives of inferior people for the casualties of the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and this deal is indeed a good deal!

The old guy is shrewd and creepy!

Then Zilharang sat proudly on the main seat and began to preside over the military council.

At the meeting, the generals of the Eight Banners had a heated discussion on the movements and distribution of the Ming army as detected by the horses.

After the Ming army retreated northward yesterday afternoon, it sent some men and horses to attack and take Peony Peak at night.

In response to this crisis, Zilharang ordered all banners to step up the construction of camp fortifications and preemptively deploy artillery.

After the military order was handed down, Zilharang personally went out of the city to command the deployment, and tens of thousands of soldiers of each banner worked together to dig trenches and repair walls outside the city.

First of all, at a distance of 200 paces north of Pyongyang, trenches were dug around the city, and every fifty paces, there was an incoherent trench with a total of three lines of defense.

He also built a half-man-high earthen wall with earth dug up from the trenches to cover the fire of the musketeers and archers, and built layers of earthen walls around the artillery emplacement.

However, between these trenches and the earthen walls, there were several wide passages for the cavalry to assault.

Another example is Zhuge Liang's Bagua Array, where the shield carts of the Qing army are displayed on both sides of the passage, luring the enemy cavalry deep into the passage and luring them to annihilation.

These defensive battles of the Qing army, Zilharang partly referred to the fortifications of the Ming army, and partly because of his own familiarity with military books.

Since the Battle of Anzhou in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Jierharang and Zhu Cihong bet on their grandson and grandson bureau and were bloodily abused by the Tianwu Army, so he began to seriously govern the army and study the military books, especially the study of the Tianwu Army.

Over the years, he lived a full life and understood the army and war better.

Fighting is a matter of courage, fighting and wisdom!

After so many years of fighting, Zilharang understands that war is cruel and erratic, and it is not a matter of large numbers and good weapons and equipment that can be won, this is a technical job that tests IQ.

There are no rules on the battlefield, and the main general can only use the most appropriate methods to deal with the most chaotic situations and deal with the most vicious enemies!

He needs a big win to test his results and prove his IQ!