Chapter 43 The Sad General of the Ming Dynasty
There were many soldiers on the walls of Dalinghe City, and above the enemy building, Zu Dashou and He Kegang stood on it. They could clearly see the Jiannu camp in the distance through the moonlight. The camp was continuous, and there were no one knowing how many soldiers were hiding it.
"Are you sure Li Xin has broken out?" Zu Dashou asked with a sigh.
"It's already broken through." He Kegang nodded and said, "Li Xin is a brave man. At least I am not his opponent. In addition, Jiannu did not join the siege just now. Although there are some scattered soldiers, these people are obviously not Li Xin's opponents, so Li Xin must have run away."
"Did you know that Li Xin had martial arts skills?" Zu Dashou said with some dissatisfaction.
"Yes, although the last general did not compete with him, he also knew that my martial arts skills were not as good as him. His magic gun could hit nine gun flowers at once. Military Sect. You said, such a person must be careful even if he was a military Sect! So, if this person said that he would break through, he would definitely be able to break through." He Kegang said without hesitation.
"So you asked the son to go. You have no confidence in our Guanning Iron Cavalry!" Zu Dashou said with a little dissatisfaction.
"Military Sect, at this time, the siege of Jiannu has not been completed, and it is still too late to break through." He Kegang pondered for a moment, and then said: "The food and grass in the army cannot support much time. If you don't break through at this time, once the siege of Jiannu is successful, it will be too late to break through even if we want to break through."
"Haha! Hexiong, do you know what kind of army we are commanding now?" Zu Dashou shook his head and said, "We have more than 10,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry on hand now. This Iron Cavalry is a bit bad for defending the city, but what if it is used to attack?"
"This?" He Kegang's face changed.
"My Zu Dashou has no knowledge at all in the battles on the battlefield? Is he even worse than a scholar like Li Xin?" Zu Dashou said disdainfully: "I can see what Li Xin saw, but I can see what Li Xin can't see. Over the years, it is precisely because the Guanning Iron Cavalry is in charge of the border that he can protect Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, and make the capital so peaceful, haha! These are the contributions of Guanning Iron Cavalry. I really couldn't imagine what Jinzhou will be like if the Guanning Iron Cavalry is lost? What will happen to my Ming Dynasty? Guanning Iron Cavalry is very important. This is what all the civil and military ministers in the court know. You said, once they know that Guanning Iron Cavalry is besieged, what kind of mentality will these big guys have?"
"Of course, we will come to rescue." He Kegang's eyes lit up and said, "The military gate is preparing to cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside to defeat Jiannu in one fell swoop?"
"No," Zu Dashou said proudly: "The Jiannu is powerful and the army is fierce. We will definitely lose when we start a war with him rashly, so we will avoid his edge. When reinforcements arrive, we will attack from behind. We will definitely defeat this person in one fell swoop."
"Now it's the problem of reinforcements. I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive?" He Kegang's face improved a lot after hearing this, and he sighed at the camp outside the city.
"Don't worry, although Songshan Camp transported the food and grass a few days ago, at their speed, it would only take half a month to transport the food and grass a few days. In other words, we can support a few days and a few days, the Supervisor will definitely send troops." Zu Dashou thought carefully and said, "But during this period, the food and grass will also be saved and used. The merchants in the city must have food and grass on them. They will collect all their food and grass and use them together. We can hold on for a while. Just give those civilians a little less."
"There is only this now." He Kegang said with a smile: "I don't know if there is food in others, but I know that there is someone who must have food in there."
"Oh! Who are you talking about?" Zu Dashou asked in surprise.
"Zhang Yifu." He Kegang said with a smile: "I heard from Li Xin that he had traded with Zhang Yifu to get food from Jinzhou. Now that Li Xin has left, he must still have food."
"That's the best." Zu Dashou's face smiled even more.
"I don't know if the news of Dalinghe City being besieged has reached Jinzhou." There was always a haze in He Kegang's heart, which was pressing on his heart, making him very unhappy.
"It's definitely." Zu Dashou thought about it and said.
In fact, dozens of miles away, the news of Dalinghe City being besieged reached the Jinzhou Governor's Mansion that day, and the entire Jinzhou was suddenly panicked. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong was very prestigious. After a short period of chaos, Jinzhou City quickly calmed down. However, after the calm, the turmoil of the top leaders could not be hidden.
In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, officials fought each other and intrigued each other, and their personal interests were above national interests. This kind of thing often happened, whether it was Sun Chengzong who was loyal to the country, Qiu Hejia, or Zhang Chun, or the military supervisor! They were all caught in endless struggles because of this matter. Dalinghe City is the gateway of Jinzhou. Over the years, the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty have experienced many battles here, but no matter what, it is not considered a trauma for the Ming Dynasty. Because of the existence of Ning Tie Cavalry, the situation in Liaodong will not be too corrupt, but now it is different. Dalinghe City is besieged, Zu Dashou, who is the Dinghai Shen Needle in Liaodong and his Guanning
The iron cavalry was besieged and threatened to be destroyed at any time, which caused the Liaodong Governor's Office headed by Sun Chengzong to fall into panic. Then, behind the panic, the frame-up began. Sun Chengzong and others were dissatisfied with Qiu Hejia's random command of the construction of Dalinghe City, and delayed the fortifications, resulting in the completion of Dalinghe City only now. Some soldiers and horses have not yet fully entered Dalinghe City, causing the garrison to be empty and gave Jiannu an opportunity to take advantage of. However, Qiu Hejia, an old politician, was naturally not a good-for-nothing lamp. He also attacked Zu Dashou and underestimated the enemy, causing Dalinghe City to be besieged. Sun Chengzong was unknown to people and used Zu Dashou, so that such a situation would occur. Although Zhang Chun was a military supervisor, he undoubtedly had no right to speak in front of the two.
"Jiannu's tens of thousands of troops surrounded Dalinghe City. Dalinghe City was short of food and grass, and it was about to be out of food. Let's talk about what to do?" Sun Chengzong's face was solemn in the governor's mansion. Below him, General Wu Xiang, General Song Wei, General Zhang Chun, Qiu Hejia, General Zhang Hongmo, Deputy General Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu, Deputy General Zhang Jifu, Manku, Wang Zhijing and other generals, guerrillas, Dushi, Guardians, Beiyu, and Qianzong gathered together. Sun Chengzong's words obviously made the atmosphere in the hall solemn again. Dalinghe City is to be saved, but similarly, Jiannu has tens of thousands of troops besieging Dalinghe City. This rescue also requires methods. Otherwise, if not even the army is rescued, all the garrison forces in the entire Liaodong will be destroyed by the other side. You must know that Jiannu's best ability is field battles!
"The Jiannu army is powerful, and it is a trivial matter to go to rescue each other rashly. The key problem is that I cannot lose my troops in Liaodong." Qiu Hejia glanced at everyone and finally said softly. His meaning is very simple. It is okay to save him, but he must not use the troops of the entire Liaodong.
"Mr. Qiu simply said that he gave up Dalinghe City and the more than 10,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry there?" Wu Xiang said unhappily: "You must know that Guanning Iron Cavalry is a powerful weapon to shock Jiannu. If it is lost there, I am afraid that no one will escape the imperial edict of Your Majesty!" Guanning Iron Cavalry is the treasure of Liaodong generals. When Yuan Chonghuan was killed, Man Gui, Zu Dashou and others were killed, which made Emperor Chongzhen furious, but it was still incomplete. What is the reason? Isn't it because of Guanning Iron Cavalry? If Guanning Iron Cavalry was destroyed, then the one who was unlucky in the end would still be these Liaodong generals. So these people must save Zu Dashou.
"It is said that the Guanning Iron Cavalry is dominant in the world, and Zu Dashou Zu Junmen has been in battle for a long time. How could he be besieged by Jiannu?" Qiu Hejia snorted coldly: "I heard that someone in Dalinghe City reminded the Zu Junmen many times to be careful of Jiannu, but he never cared about it. Hehe, I doubt that if the Guanning Iron Cavalry was handed over to him, it would be appropriate. How could the imperial court use such a person to command the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and how could it be defeated?"
"Mr. Qiu means that this Dalinghe City should not be saved? My Guanning Iron Cavalry and more than 10,000 soldiers should have been eaten by Jiannu?" Song Wei said dissatisfied.
"General Song has misunderstood. It's not that Lord Qiu said he would not save him. Guanning's Iron Cavalry made great contributions to the country, so how can he not save him? But this rescue requires methods. If you go rashly, you may be defeated by Jiannu. At that time, not only will you not be able to save the Zujun Sect, but you will even swallow up all the remaining troops in Liaodong."
"Then how to save it? You have to make some decision at this time. You must know that there is not much food and grass in Dalinghe City. I'm afraid it won't last long." Wu Xiang said dissatisfied. He and Zu Dashou are in-laws, so naturally they don't want Zu Dashou to be trapped in Dalinghe City.
"Mr. Sun, it may take time to dispatch a large army!" Zhang Chun shook his head and said, "Now I lack food and grass in Liaodong and lack morale. If I fight against Jiannu, I may need 60,000 troops, and it is even more difficult to calculate the troops, horses, food and equipment. If these things are not prepared, it may be difficult to resist Jiannu's attack!"
"There is not much food and grass in Liaodong, and it needs to be dispatched by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue." Qiu Hejia said lightly.
"The 60,000 army cannot be gathered in a short period of time, and the amount of food and grass consumed is even more difficult for me to decide. This matter must be decided by the emperor!" Sun Chengzong felt tired. From the Wanli period to now, he was 68 years old. Not only because of his age, but more importantly, his heart was exhausted.
"Since the army is difficult to gather for a while, it is better to attack with a small force. On the one hand, it consumes the power of Jiannu, and on the other hand, it also comforts Dalinghe City, indicating that the court has not abandoned the other party, which can inspire the morale of Dalinghe City." Wu Xiang thought for a while and said.
"No." Zhang Chun quickly stopped him and said, "Our army is weaker than Jiannu. At this moment, we should concentrate our efforts to attack the opponent. If we send a small number of troops, wouldn't we let Jiannu reduce our army's strength?" Zhang Chun opposed without thinking.
"Mr. Zhang is very light." Wu Xiang said dissatisfiedly: "If this is not the case, would you just wait for Dalinghe City to be besieged like this? You must know that Dalinghe City is now short of food and grass, and is attacked by Jiannu day and night. But we are in Jinzhou, watching friendly troops suffer. If this is heard by the court, Your Majesty still doesn't know what he would think of us?"
As soon as Wu Xiang said, everyone stopped talking in an instant, and everyone looked at Sun Chengzong above. Everyone knew who Zi was today. He was a stubborn and could not see any sand in his eyes. If the matter here came to the court, I really didn't know how to explain it!
Sun Chengzong looked at the faces of the generals below and couldn't help but sigh deeply. How could he not understand the thoughts of the people? Everyone is also a person who has been tested on the battlefield for a long time. How could he not know how to send small groups of weapons to the place? It was just a meat bun to beat the dog. If he went there, he would not only need to be sharp in the bow and arrow, but more importantly, the troops must be above the other party, so that the soldiers would have confidence. If they sent small groups of troops to the place, it would be an action to die, but they had to do so.
What to do, because there is an emperor above them, and the current emperor is not a good master to deal with. He doesn't care about the reasons you have to not send reinforcements. He only needs the result. It can be imagined that once the capital knows that Liaodong has not sent reinforcements to Dalinghe City, Emperor Chongzhen must have thought that the Jinzhou defenders were afraid of Jiannu, Sun Chengzong and others to watch the fall of Dalinghe City. Everyone dared not bear such a crime.
How did Yuan Chonghuan die? The people below all said that Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of the enemy and treason, but Sun Chengzong and others at the top knew the secret. He was a lesson from the past. Thinking about how powerful Yuan Chonghuan was back then, Emperor Chongzhen received the Yuntai and gave him the Emperor Sword and governor of Liaodong. Emperor Chongzhen agreed to everything he needed. Such a person was not killed by Emperor Chongzhen in the end, but died on his back on his charges.
It can be imagined that it would be fine if Dalinghe City was not lost in the future. Once it is lost, everyone will not escape the blame. If it is not done well, they will also be charged with a foreign country. People dare not bear this crime, and even Sun Chengzong dare not step on this landmine. I have to say that this is the tragic thing of the Ming generals.
"Shit Songshan garrison to lead two thousand troops to rescue him." Sun Chengzong finally sighed tiredly and said, "Tell him that everything is to preserve his strength. Then, I report this matter to the emperor and ask your Majesty to make a decision early. Zhang Chun, this commander of the army to rescue Dalinghe City, all the troops and horses in Liaodong will be dispatched by you. You, collect your troops as soon as possible and prepare to go to Jiannu!"
"The official is here to receive the order." Zhang Chun nodded and said.
Chapter completed!