Nanming Engineer

Chapter 349 Avenge Your Brother
The wind in early autumn is cool and pleasant, caressing the earth gently, taking away the heat left in the soil in summer, and returning the coolness to the world. The few trees, flowers and plants on the loess open their leaves vigorously, changing the scorching sun. With his head hanging down, Li Yan seemed to be celebrating the change of seasons.

The generals of the Eight Banners, such as Hahamu, were the happiest. Liaodong was bitterly cold, how could they have suffered such hot crimes?Traveling all the way from Henan, he was plagued by heat and disease all the way. At the hottest time, Hahamu sat in the lobby of the governor's office majesticly wearing only a pair of obscene trousers, sweating profusely and naked, with Meng Qiaofang Talking about the military made Meng Qiaofang very embarrassed.

Now it’s better, the weather is colder, the sun that can bask in the dead has become gentler, and sometimes hide behind the clouds to be ashamed to see people, and the shirtless Eight Banners soldiers on the street also put on clothes, The sweaty heat seems to have passed.

But Hahamu and Meng Qiaofang were hiding behind the crenels on the west gate of Xi'an City, with sweat dripping from their faces. The green bricks under them soon became wet.

Not only the two town generals, but also the countless Qing soldiers gathered on the city wall leaning on the crenels, all of them looked nervous, peering out of the city with incomparable solemnity. The gun cover has been removed, and the black muzzle is pointing directly at the outside of the city. The shields made of thick wood and the long bores with a length of several feet for pushing the ladder are placed within easy reach under the crenel. , As for the lime bottles, gunpowder for bows and arrows, there are countless things, as if they are facing a big enemy.

Meng Qiaofang swallowed, reached out to wipe off the cold sweat from her forehead, moved her head away from the crenel, and let out a long breath, as if peeping at the scene outside the city would bring him great pressure.

"I didn't expect that the Ming army in Hanzhong was so powerful. It was several times more powerful than the intruders back then. It's understandable that King Pingxi was defeated. He is a real enemy!" Meng Qiaofang took out a white towel from her arms and wiped her hands and forehead. of sweat.

Hahamu next to him was still staring at the outside of the city without blinking. He looked intently and asked: "Last year, Prince Su led the army to conquer Sichuan. After beheading Zhang Xianzhong, he was blocked by the Ming army in front of the Jiange." In addition, spending money and food without gaining an inch, and finally having no choice but to retreat and return to the court, angered the regent King Lei Ting, and he was imprisoned and locked up, isn't it the good deed of this Sichuan-Shanxi General Soldier Wang Huan?"

Meng Qiaofang replied: "It is this man! At that time, I stayed in Xi'an and did not cross the Qinling Mountains, but the area around Hanzhong was defended by my generals. After Prince Su's squadron, Wang Huan killed several of my warriors and robbed Hanzhong. , and washed away the territory that the Qing army had seized from Zhang Xianzhong, which was extremely cunning."

Hahamu shook his head slowly, frowned and said: "I don't think this person is treacherous."

Meng Qiaofang was stunned, thinking, what do you want to say for him?

But Hahamu frowned and said again: "It's a big treachery. Look, the Ming army is well-organized, with clear banners, well-organized inside and outside, and orderly division of cavalry. Where is the Ming army we are familiar with! Clear and strong Army! Even compared with my Eight Banners soldiers, it is not much different, and the defeat of King Pingxi is indeed not wronged!"

Meng Qiaofang stretched her head out from the crenel again, looked around, suddenly became angry, and hissed: "Master Ha, look at it, even the traitor Wang Yongqiang was hiding like a tortoise in the wooden city a few days ago. He didn’t even dare to show himself, but when the Ming army came, he became more arrogant. Look at his beggar-like cavalry, they actually dared to chase our people!”

Haha had a stern face and stopped talking, but the cold sweat on his face was dripping down in streams.

At this moment, under the city, on the vast loess plain, the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun, and a black army formation is moving. Countless cavalry are galloping back and forth, chasing and fighting, like a dragon writhing, spectacular and fierce.

About [-] cavalrymen of the Qing army were fleeing in a hurry. Judging from their uniforms and banners, they should be Meng Qiaofang's Shaanxi soldiers. Behind them, a large group of Kuizhou cavalry were chasing after them. It is also extremely conspicuous and the visual effect is particularly significant.

Beside the white-armored cavalry, another group of cavalry in messy armor also showed off their power. Judging from their banners, they should be Wang Yongqiang's people that Meng Qiaofang said.

"My lords, the cavalry outside the city are already approaching the city gate. What should we do? Should we open the gate and let them in?" A city gate guard hurried over and asked them with a bow.

"Crack!" Meng Qiaofang slapped her with a big slap, and the guard's cheeks were swollen like peaches. It seemed that she had put in a lot of effort.

"Bastard! Didn't you see the Ming army behind them?" Meng Qiaofang cursed angrily, stood up, and then realized why she had stood up, and hurriedly squatted back: "As soon as the city gate opens, the Ming army will follow the trend. If you come in, can you bear the responsibility if the city is destroyed?"

The guard slapped his face for no reason, and was too dazed to say anything, so he murmured: "Then, what should we do?"

"What should I do? Do you still want me to teach you?" Meng Qiaofang wanted to slap him again, but the squatting position was really inconvenient, so she just gave up and cursed: "Let them walk around the city. As long as they don't enter the city, they can do whatever they want." They just need to run further away and find a place to take shelter!”

Guarding Ruoruoruo continuously, he fled in despair.

Haha Mu was on the side. Although he was not as nervous as Meng Qiaofang, he was still sweating. He stared at the killing scene outside the city and sighed: "If I had known that the Ming army was really so fierce, I wouldn't have sent more than 1000 people to test it." It's a good idea, it's a waste of a thousand horses."

Panting, Meng Qiaofang gave a sneaky look, and said to herself, isn't this what you insisted on? I have already said that the Ming army is strong, so you don't need to test it, but you don't listen to it, and you insist on sending someone to try it. Those who are wasting are my soldiers, and none of your two thousand banner soldiers went out.

Hahamu didn't notice Meng Qiaofang's eyes. He lay on the crenel and looked around. Meng Qiaofang asked curiously: "Mr. Ha, what are you looking at?"

Haha Mu said bitterly: "Wu Sangui is a slippery person, I'm looking at where he is hiding, don't look at the Ming army's strength, and run away."

Meng Qiaofang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Impossible? I sent all five thousand of his soldiers to the top of the city, led by his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang. King Pingxi would not be so merciless, even wanting his son-in-law? Besides, Mr. Ha, you If he is still in the city, if he makes a mistake, the imperial court will definitely punish him, so he dare not go away on his own."

Hahamu shook his head: "It's hard to say, Wu Sangui is ungrateful and ungrateful. At the beginning, the emperor of Ming Dynasty treated him with kindness, and he surrendered the intruder without even blinking an eyelid. It can be seen that he is not a loyal person. If you I am in danger, and he will definitely turn around and leave."

He sighed and said sadly to Meng Qiaofang: "From now on, whether Xi'an can be held or not is the key to this battle. If the city is broken, everything will end. Only with the city can there be a turning point!"

Meng Qiaofang blinked and looked at Hahamu thoughtfully.

In fact, in his heart, he was yelling: "Your mother, I have already said that the rebels in northern Shaanxi should be suppressed first, and then the Ming army in Hanzhong. Wu Sangui prefers to make great achievements, and decide on a strategy to lure the rebel army with a big city, haha Mu you are also a stick, Wu Sangui is your deputy, but he does whatever he says, is your head full of stones?"

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Under the city of Xi'an, ten miles away, Wang Huan's central army was stationed on a mountain in a simple but sturdy cowhide tent. Officers of the Kuizhou Army's Qian Commander-in-Chief and above gathered together, surrounding the chief general Wang Huan in the middle, and gathered together to watch. A small sandbox.

"The city of Xi'an is bigger than Chengdu City. The moat is deep and wide, and the city wall is high and thick. It is the largest city we have ever faced." Pointing on the small sand table built: "According to Chen Xiang's report, there are 6000 officers and soldiers below the governor of Shaanxi Province and the governor of Tatar Shaanxi in the city, and 2000 Eight Banners soldiers led by Angbang Ezhenhamu, plus Minzhuang, The total number of miscellaneous servants is nearly [-], with strong troops and a lot of food reserves."

All the generals and officers listened quietly, all of them looked thoughtful, but no one made a sound before Wang Huan stopped talking.

"To deal with strong cities, the Tartars are better than us now. How many giants with high walls and wide ditches were bombarded by the red cannons of the Tartars to collapse like tofu. Back in Yangzhou, it took only one day for the Tartars to use the cannons The city has been broken. This time when we attack Xi'an, we should treat him in the same way and bombard his mother with cannons!" Wang Huan raised a branch and waved it twice in the sky, and said with a smile: "The Tartars only know red Yi Da Pao is powerful, let them see today what Hong Tianlei, who is more powerful than Hong Yi Da Pao, looks like!"

Everyone immediately burst into laughter, a bold and rough laughter rippling on the big tent, almost tossing off the cowhide tent roof.

"Sir, oh no, Lord Marquis, you can just arrange the errands. We will fight with you and we will be very practical!" Zubian shouted, his voice was loud and his laughter was the loudest.

"When you enter the city, first catch all the people with braids and cut off the pig's tail, and then set fire to the whole city!" Li Yan also shouted: "The tartars are ruining us Han people, don't leave these things behind. !"

The atmosphere in the tent became lively, everyone was arguing and quarreling with each other, asking for a fight, wanting to be the first to enter the city, as if the city ten miles away was not an important place heavily guarded by soldiers, but a place where people were present. It's the same as your other houses.

Wang Huan looked at Wang Yongqiang. This mighty overlord in northern Shaanxi was standing behind everyone in a well-behaved manner, silent like an honest student.

"Master Wang has fought hard these past few days. He has sacrificed a lot and suffered great losses. Even his own brother died at the hands of the Tatars. It is a great achievement. I will note it down." Wang Huan waved his hands to signal everyone to be quiet. Then Wen Yan said: "In this attack on the city, Mr. Wang should only enjoy this honor. He should be the first to enter the city and seek revenge on the high-ranking Tatar officials!"

The tent fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Wang Yongqiang.

Wang Yongqiang's heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly took a step forward, knelt on the ground on one knee, and said respectfully: "Master Hou loves you so much, Wang Yongqiang is so grateful. In front of Lord Hou, you are only a pawn. How dare you call yourself an adult? Please take back this title. Otherwise, I will not dare to get up!"

Gao Youcai was standing further back, and seeing Wang Yongqiang's humble appearance, he felt very moved. Once upon a time, the name of Wang Yongqiang, the commander-in-chief of northern Shaanxi, could stop children from crying at night, and the tyrannical and decisive party who ran rampant in the nineteen prefectures of northern Shaanxi was actually in Wang Huan's hands. How ironic to call yourself a pawn in front of you.

However, Gao You knew that the fundamental reason why Wang Yongqiang did this was because he had seen Wang Huan's methods. Wu Sangui's Liaodong Army only had [-] men, but it could hold down the [-] Shaanbei Liu bandit army to death, just like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. Treating them like a child's play shows the strength of the Liaodong Army.

It is such a Liaodong Army that Wang Huan killed 8000 people in less than a day, which is simply appalling.

Only the strong are qualified to win respect in troubled times. Wang Yongqiang is just a reckless hero in front of Wang Huan. He is not as good as Lao Huihui and others, the leader of the fourth battalion of Gezuo Army in Shaanxi. How dare he not keep a low profile?
Wang Huan stepped forward quickly, helped Wang Yongqiang up with his own hands, and praised: "Okay! Since you don't like it, then I will call you General Wang from now on, so don't refuse. Leading the army to fight, everyone is a general."

Wang Yongqiang bowed and thanked: "In that case, how dare you disobey your order!"

The crowd burst into good-natured laughter again, and when the laughter was over, Wang Huan put away his smile and looked around at the generals, and said in a serious voice, "Since the strategy has been agreed, the generals will obey the orders!"

There was a sound of iron leaves in the tent, and everyone stood with angry eyes, looking at Wang Huan with their swords pressed.

"The artillery teams of the three battalions were concentrated in front of the west gate. I personally commanded them to directly bombard the city wall of the west gate. Li Tingyu's north gate of Linzi battalion and Ma Xintian's south gate of Huozi battalion made a feint attack in response to the west gate's offensive. Camp Li Dingguo as the Chinese army, follow me. Leave the north gate open and let the Tartars escape."

Speaking of this, Wang Huan paused, looked at Wang Yongqiang, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang will lead the army and horses, and when Ximen City is broken, he will send his troops to cover up the killing. Anyone in the city who dares to resist can be killed!"

(End of this chapter)