Chapter 740: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
Meng Ke's trick is too damaging, his men and horses are all outside the camp with stones thrown into the camp, while throwing and scolding, Meng Ke can also be regarded as making the best use of things, some of these people under him were originally born bandits, to say that the war may not be someone else's opponent, to say that it is their business to scold people.
Lin Daojin's soldiers talked and laughed freely in the camp, but although they were smiling on their faces, they were more ugly than crying. Because the general gave the order, as long as they don't attack the camp, ignore them, Lin Daojin has long seen through the essence of these people outside, these are all characters who write about green-skinned scoundrels, if they have the strength to attack themselves, they will definitely not abuse outside, and it is obvious that their strength is not enough to do these meaningless things outside to disturb the morale of the army.
He believed that as soon as he went out with his men, those people would immediately scatter, and it was better to ignore them than waste their efforts.
But Lin Daojin took all the problems into account, but he didn't consider these soldiers under him, these people are ordinary government soldiers, and they can't be pampered and humiliated at all, in their values, if they are scolded, they have to be scolded back, and if they are beaten, they have to be beaten back. Besides, there are 30,000 brothers in his own family, so is it possible that he is still afraid of those bandits outside?
The bandits outside didn't dare to approach, but only dared to throw stones from a distance, and when they saw that the people inside didn't react, they immediately came to the spirit and approached the camp full, and at this time there was already a lot of discussion in the camp: "The general gives us a chance, and we can kill them all if we rush out, why should we suffer such humiliation." ”
"That's right, these bandit-like characters, our brothers are still afraid of them?"
At this time, the generals in Lin Daojin's camp also looked at Lin Daojin with a sad face: "General, if we don't fight again, I'm afraid that our morale will plummet." ”
Lin Daojin glanced at them coldly: "There are some unsuccessful guys outside, it is precisely because we can't beat us that we use this crooked way, even if we kill dozens of people, what can we do, as long as they can't kill them, they will always come back, besides, if they let go of the rebels in Henan, wouldn't it be because of a small loss, needless to say, a few stones, and how many people can be killed?" It's really not possible to organize some archers and let them shoot arrows in the camp to fight back. ”
These generals knew that it would not be easy to win this opportunity, so they immediately went down and arranged for the archers to fight back, so that the morale of the brothers could not fall any longer.
Those bandits outside the city were unprepared at first, and they were immediately scattered after being shot with a bow and arrow, and Lin Daojin inside sneered when he saw this scene, and understood that these people were indeed the rabble he thought at the beginning, and it was not worth wasting energy on them at all, and now as long as they spend their energy on the former Ming enemy army in Henan Mansion, these bandits let them make trouble by themselves.
The bandits outside saw that they were only shooting arrows inside and did not leave the camp, and immediately understood what was going on, and rushed back with a smile, there was wood in the woods, and a wooden board was a simple shield with a slight movement, and they grabbed the stones and continued to throw them into the camp.
Meng Ke's face was ugly when he saw this scene: "Looking at the appearance of the Manchu army, it is estimated that they already know the news of His Majesty's presence in Henan, otherwise they will never be bent on only taking care of Henan Mansion and ignoring us." ”
Hu Dadao also had no intention of joking: "Recently, Jinyiwei's documents did not let us attack Henan, Your Majesty, their situation should be fine." ”
Meng Ke nodded, and suddenly laughed: "With Your Majesty's ability, hundreds of people can play Myanmar's military regiments in Myanmar at the beginning, and it will definitely not be a problem to deal with these small ones, besides, Jinyiwei is in the hands of Yang Youcai, once Your Majesty is in danger, they will definitely send a signal, in this case, let's play with these people slowly, I don't believe that we can't beat this shrunken king." ”
Chang Xihu took 5,000 people to Ruzhou first, and Zheng Ze and Li Youtong immediately warmly received them, and told them that if it were not for the army to collect grain and not get grain, they would definitely offer Ruzhou's grain and grass.
At this time, the grain and grass in the army were only five or six days to eat, and they naturally did not dare to take these military rations, and told Zheng Ze and Chang Xihu to send the grain to the army immediately, and the grain and grass in the army were not enough.
Zhao Qilei also rushed here later, he didn't have so many worries, of course, when he went out to fight, he had to let his brothers eat enough, otherwise someone would give you a hard time. So he secretly ordered his troops to rob the grain and grass, so that the people suffered, Zheng Ze and Li Youtong dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they could only swallow their anger, if they turned their faces at this time, the previous preparations would be in vain, and the two of them secretly vowed to make the Manchu army pay for their blood debts.
The prefect of Henan and the prefect of Kaifeng listened to the advice of Jinyiwei and withdrew into the mountains overnight, in order not to implicate the people in the city, they deliberately left traces, as long as those Manchu soldiers saw the traces, they could trace them to the mountains, and then they could take them around in circles in the mountains and forests.
Chang Xihu and Zhao Qilei have no benevolence, since Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion have rebelled, the people in these two places are not necessarily anything good, anyway, there is no food in the army, and it is not too much to take some food.
So these people robbed and seized again and again, making the two mansions angry and resentful, and some people even went directly to the capital to sue the emperor.
Labu didn't care about everything behind him, his current situation is obvious, there have been two rebellions, if he can get the emperor of the Ming Dynasty this time, those are not a problem, no one can shake his position, if he can't catch the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and defeat the army in the city, maybe it will be an ending of no reward or punishment, if he can't even do this, I'm afraid he will have to enter the Zongren Mansion for questioning, as for whether he can come out of the Zongren Mansion again in the future, it is difficult to say.
So he made a lot of effort to break the city, and counting the days, the messenger he sent was almost to the Beijing Division, and he underestimated the strength of the Ming army, thinking that he would definitely be able to take them down within a few days, if he couldn't take them down, the credit in hand would have to fly.
In view of the above reasons, Rabu ruthlessly took out all his net worth, and threatened that if he could break the city within three days, then everyone would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and those who broke the city first would be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver.
Every soldier is red-eyed, this is not a lie, real money has been placed in front of their eyes, the first time to see so much silver, everyone is not calm, as long as they can take this city, then everyone can make a fortune, so the strength of the siege can be the same as a few days ago.
There is an urgent matter today, and I owe a more chapter, and I will make up for it tomorrow.
(End of chapter)