Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Does the commander have any good ideas?" asked the chief of staff.

"When I was young, I had to dig out bird nests or use nets. It was very difficult for one person to shoot birds with one gun. If you want to fight the Horqin cavalry, the best way is to use nets." Hao Yaoqi said.

"Use the net?" The chief of staff was puzzled.

"I've already written a memorial to the emperor, and I hope the emperor will adopt it." Hao Yaoqi looked ahead, and several beacon towers at Xifengkou had already planted the flag of the Eighth Army.

"Pass down the order, the whole army must gather and enter the customs at full speed." Hao Yaoqi said.

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Outside Xuanhua city.

Boermin led more than 3000 Chahar cavalry anxiously, and there were only [-] Ming troops around them.However, Xuanhua city was full of golden soldiers guarding the city, at least more than [-] people.

There is a saying in the art of war: "Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and double it will divide it."

It is unheard of to attack an enemy several times larger than oneself with a small amount of troops.If he hadn't been forced to do so, he, Boulmin, would have turned around and ran away long ago.

"Boermin, are you a warrior on the prairie? You seem to be very scared?" Li Ming was still sitting in the carriage. His face was a little dry recently, and the wind on the prairie had already dried the oil on his face, like It's a tightly wrapped film with some wrinkles.

"Nonsense, men in the grassland never know how to be afraid. Especially a warrior like me, Boermin, who has the blood of the golden family. I am a descendant of Genghis Khan." Boulin poked his neck proudly. In fact, of course he would be afraid.

If he didn't know that the Tartars were defeated in the south, he would not have resisted Dorgon, mainly because he was not brave enough.

"Think about it, Burmin, why did you follow us to attack the Xuan Mansion?" Li Ming said with a smile.

"That's because I want revenge. I am the Khan of the Grassland." Boulmin said.

"That's because our army has cannons, there are countless cannons." Gao Yigong leaned over.

"Okay! I admit that you have cannons, but if it wasn't because my tribe didn't want to migrate, would your cannons be able to hit my galloping horses?" Boermen objected.

"I can't hit your galloping horse, but I can hit the capital city that can't run. I can avenge you!" Gao Yigong said, "You will see the power of our artillery right away."

"Then let us wait and see. We agreed, if I can see your power, I will take out all the food supplies in my tribe and you will fight to the capital." Boulmin said.

"You are wrong. We are borrowing, borrowing your cattle and sheep. When we conquer the capital, the Emperor Ming will return it to you with grain." Li Ming said.

Boermin didn't listen to Li Ming's words at all. In his opinion, these Han people were cunning foxes, and what the Han people said could not be trusted.If it weren't for his grandfather Lin Danhan's allies with the Ming Dynasty, and the fact that these Ming troops did have some strength, he wouldn't have helped.

Poor Boermin, he gathered [-] cavalrymen, all the cattle and sheep and [-] horses he could get out, and handed them over to Mingren. He had only one thought: after defeating Jin.

Xuanhua City is different from Taiyuan. There are not many people here to rely on, and Hong Chengchou didn't talk about the Ming army coming here. The defenders here are mainly to defend Chahar and the Grassland.When Shunzhi was in power, the grassland had not yet been eaten by Houjin. Not only Chahar, but also Zhungeer in the west were all serious problems.

"Let's attack!" Li Laiheng was sitting on a hill outside the city, a pile of charcoal fire was burning beside him, and there was no trace of green smoke.There is a wooden rack on top of the carbon pile, and a roasted lamb is giving off a tempting aroma.

As the main commander, Li Laiheng was not nervous about going to battle at all, instead he kept roasting the whole sheep, as if the war was not important at all, the important thing was that he was afraid of burning the sheep.

"Boom..." The cannons of the Ming army fired shells neatly, as if it was a well-rehearsed fireworks display.

After a round of artillery fire, Xuanhua City, which was not strong at all, was already mottled. The bricks covering the outer wall fell into the moat, and most of them had been filled up.

How could the soldiers guarding the city dare to stand stupidly on the city? There were only a few Eight Banners hanging crookedly on the city wall.

"Why don't you surrender?" Gao Yigong said with a frown.

"Maybe I was scared stupid!" Li Ming looked at the place where Li Laiheng was, and he could already smell the fragrance wafting over.

"Then let's blow up the city gates and buildings!" Gao Yigong's understatement made Boermin feel uncomfortable. He had just seen the power of the Ming army's cannons.

According to this Han Chinese, knocking down a city gate is as easy as stepping on a grass.You must know that when nomadic civilization fights farming civilization, the city gate is like a spell that cannot be opened.

"Open Sesame" is their fantasy.

A two-horse carriage drove out, and Boulmin saw only a coachman, and then no one else.Siege the city gate like this?

"Why don't you send more warriors?" Boulmin asked.

"Send so many to die?" Gao Yigong dismissed.

Boermin didn't understand the meaning of Gao Yigong's words, but he saw the carriage rush over the fallen suspension bridge, and then the soldiers driving the carriage quickly cut off the rope.

Immediately afterwards, Boermin saw the soldier get on his horse and ran back in fear. The frightened look in his eyes showed that the soldier was a coward.

"Hmph, your Han soldiers are a bunch of cowards." Boermin looked down on these soldiers psychologically.

"Boom!" However, before he finished contemptuously, a sky-shattering explosion deafened his ears.A gust of wind blew the sand and it hurt his face.

Smoke shrouded the entire city gate, and the horses under the crotch of thousands of cavalry were restless, and some of the cavalry even turned their heads and fled.

"Oh, God of Longevity! Did the earth dragon stand up?" Boermin looked around in panic, the Ming army seemed very calm, and some of them just took off their ear plugging hands.

"What kind of explosion are you playing! My good roasted lamb was sprinkled all over with dirt, so you can't eat it anymore." Li Laiheng's complaint came from afar.

"General, I, Boulmin, will personally roast another tender one for you." Boulmin immediately changed his smiling face, and fawned and ran towards Li Laiheng.

Chapter 522: The National Strength of Ming Dynasty

In the Bohai Bay, under clear weather, the white sails are full, the seabirds are flying, and the sound of cheering is like a musical feast.Ships kept coming from the west, splitting the waves head-on, and drifting all the way to Liaodong Bay.

And from east to west, a hundred large and small ships sent by King Li Hao of North Korea are heading west.Compared with the ships of the Ming Dynasty, the ships of North Korea are broken and small, and all of them are typical sailing ships with hard sails, and there are a lot of puddings on the sails.

Not all the ships of Ming Dynasty involved in this operation were warships, most of them were civilian ships.More than half of them are fishing boats along the coast of Fujian and warships eliminated by the former Fujian Zhengjia Navy.

But even such a ship is far stronger than the North Korean fleet.

"Zhu Aiqing, how many ships did North Korea send to help this time?" Zhu Youjian asked Zhu Shunshui as he looked at the fleet that had been divided into two teams.

"My Majesty, after the death of Li Yu, the ancestor of the Jin Dynasty, the newly enthroned Li Hao was in charge of state affairs. Li Hao has a heart for Ming Dynasty, and this time he sent all the navy to support our army in combat. It can be said that he is loyal to the king." Zhu Shunshui spoke good words for Li Hao. This was also the first major diplomatic event he accomplished after taking over as the Foreign Affairs Department, and he had a bright face.

"Li Hao, I seem to remember him. He is a good man. When the war is over, he can be allowed to buy some from our naval ships for his own use. I think his Korean ships are too old and worn out, which will damage the dignity of our suzerain. face."

Regarding Li Hao, one of the most frequently mentioned posts in the post bar is that when he was in power, there were still many scholar-bureaucrats in North Korea who were interested in Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the kings and ministers of North Korea thought, "I have served the Ming Dynasty for 300 years, and my love and righteousness are beyond words. The grace of Emperor Shenzong (Ming Shenzong Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun) in rebuilding has not been heard in the records since its founding. King Xuanzu said that righteousness is the ruler and his ministers, and that he is kind to father and son, and this is really sincere and painful."

Li Chao and Li Hao took it as their mission to restore the world, and initiated the Northern Expedition.He said to the minister: "All the officials want you not to rule the army, but those who refuse to listen to you, time and personnel, don't know when a good opportunity will come. Therefore, if you want to raise one hundred thousand elite soldiers, love them like children, all dare to die The pawns, and then wait for them to be provocative, unexpectedly, and go straight to the outside of the pass, there will be no one to respond to the righteous heroes of the Central Plains!".

Concerned about ministers "in case of being wasted, there is a disaster of overthrow, there is nothing to do", he said: "How can it be safe to do great things with great ambitions. If the righteousness is clear, then there is no shame in the fall, and the glory of the world will be honored forever. .And God's will is there, and it seems that there is no danger of ruin if it is given."

After Injo, the "Records" of the Korean kings of all dynasties only recorded the records of the Ganzhi and the reign of the king.As for private writings, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were still people who wrote the year name of Chongzhen, so that there was even a record of "260 and five years after Chongzhen".

For such a person who keeps Chongzhen in his heart, how can Zhu Youjian treat him badly?

"The minister thanked the emperor Long En on behalf of North Korea." Zhu Shunshui kowtowed quickly. He didn't expect the emperor to be so generous. You must know that the cost of sea-going ships is very expensive. It's not so much for North Korea to buy as it is for half-buy and half-free.

"How many ships have been mobilized this time?" Zhu Youjian was still a little surprised to see so many ships all at once. In his impression, Daming didn't seem to have built many ships, and it was mainly the Zheng family's fleet.