The Xianglan Banner's attack on Liaoyang has been decided, and now everyone is well aware of Nurhachi's determination to continue the attack, and no one dares to say no.
"By the way, I have something else to inform you."
Nurhaci waved his shirt and said majestically: "I had expected that the battle would not be so easy, so I passed Sibeile in advance to get in touch with the grassland Kormi Mongolia. Kormi's reinforcements will arrive in three days!"
Everyone admired in their hearts that the Kormi tribe dominated the eastern part of the grassland because of Hou Jin. Now the Kormi tribe came to repay the favor at the critical moment!
Nurhaci told everyone that the whole Kormi army was dispatched this time, and a full 15,000 cavalry would arrive the day after tomorrow.
"Have a good rest today."
"Boom~"
Another heavy artillery shell fell and collapsed a nearby tent.
Some people want to ask, how can the cannon rest while it is exploding?
But looking at Nurhaci and Huang Taiji's confident expression, he swallowed his words.
The general is as motionless as a mountain, and the following generals and soldiers also feel a little at ease.
...
Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui, Zhou Dunji, Jiang Bi and others sent batches of messengers to ask for help.
At this time, Jiannu was already exhausted. If the reinforcements could arrive today and tomorrow, they would be able to defeat Jiannu in one go.
But Yuan Yingtai refused to support him.
"How can we support you! This is a round-up call for support!"
Yuan Yingtai slapped the case and roared at Zhang Quan, Liang Zhongshan, Zhao Shujiao and others who asked for support.
"The first wave of reinforcements was ambushed, and General Wang Shike was killed.
The second wave of reinforcements was also ambushed, and General Li Bingcheng was killed.
The third wave also jumped into the enemy's ambush, you are trying to kill everyone!"
No matter how Chen Ce and others' messengers kowtowed to ask for help, no matter how Zhang Quan and Liang Zhongshan tried to persuade them, Yuan Yingtai was stubborn and refused to send reinforcements.
And because You Shilu secretly led his troops to support the Southern Army, Yuan Yingtai simply sent people to guard the troops this time.
In addition to a few civil servants and his scribes, Mongolian soldiers were even mobilized to guard important positions such as the city gates.
Zhang Quan questioned: "There are more than 30,000 Han troops in the city. Why are Mongolian soldiers guarding the city gates and critical places?"
This question was very pointed, almost asking him why he sent people to monitor the armies.
"Hehe~"
Yuan Yingtai smiled calmly: "Not to mention Liaoyang City, even Shanhaiguan is guarded by chieftain soldiers and female general Qin Liangyu. Chieftains can guard it, but Mongolian soldiers cannot?"
"Don't joke about your management!"
"A joke? You Zhang Quan and Qin Liangyu are in-laws. You don't care about Zhang Quan using chieftains to defend the city, but you only care about using Mongolian soldiers to defend the city. Are you talking to me about jokes at this time?"
Yuan Yingtai had a direct showdown with Zhang Quan, because he already knew about Zhang Quan's impeachment through Dong Lin, and now he didn't give him any face at all.
"This book has no selfish motives! But you, Zhang Xunjian, have selfish motives!"
Yuan Yingtai is upright. At this time, he is not doing it for the Donglin clique, let alone the interests of a certain group, but he really feels that all this is for the country and the people.
As a scholar, he has a clear conscience and is worthy of what he has learned; as an official, he is not greedy at all in terms of morality and money; as a feudal official... at least he is ready to die in battle at any time!
Based on the moral high ground, if other people's ideas are not based on the same moral level, then it is a despicable act out of selfish motives...
Therefore, he is not entirely stubborn, but rather sees others as lowly when he is at a high point.
Zhang Quan, Liang Zhongshan, and Zhao Shujiao couldn't understand his logic. After much arguing, they finally reluctantly agreed to hand over the city gate to Zhu Wanliang's defeated troops instead of letting the Mongolian soldiers guard the gate.
Yuan Yingtai finally complained: "The military strength is really tight now, and I want to invite Qin Liangyu from Shanhaiguan to support us."
Zhang Quan complained in his heart: "You know how powerful the Shizhu and White Pole Soldiers are."
But Yuan Yingtai's next words broke his three views.
"If Qin Liangyu comes out of Shanhaiguan, the transfer
Who will make up for Shanhaiguan?
Why not invite Mongolian Lin Dan Khan to come! Mongolian soldiers are very reliable, let Lin Dan Khan garrison Shanhaiguan, then the rear will have no worries~"
Zhang Quan didn't even remember how he left Yuan Yingtai's office. In short, this man really didn't know anything about military affairs. It was a waste of time to discuss military affairs with him.
But the imperial court asked him to be the manager of Liaodong.
No matter how great you are in ordnance and logistics, if you don’t know how to fight, it’s still useless!
Yuan Yingtai was able to come this time purely because of the strong support of the Donglin Party. The Donglin Party needed him as a member of the group to take control of the military, so that Donglin's backbone would be really strong.
Zhang Quan didn't know this, but he knew that as a patrol inspector, he should file a petition for impeachment under certain circumstances.
So he impeached Yuan Yingtai again, stating that he failed to support the Southern Army and delayed the war effort.
...
The ruins of Hunhe Bastion.
The Confederate Army was also resting and recuperating like the Jiannu.
Iron-core copper-bodied cannons have an iron core after all. After firing continuously for an hour, they have to cool down due to overheating.
The cannon barrel also has a service life. After all, it is still made by hand. Iron slag and wear appear inside the cannon after continuous firing, so it is temporarily unable to fire at high intensity.
"Cousin, the cannon will be able to continue firing in an hour. Do you want to continue blasting?"
Li Tiezhu was quite motivated, and the Ming army gunners still wanted to blow up the enemy.
"Wait a minute, I guess there will be time for your performance tomorrow."
"tomorrow?"
Wang Hongyu smiled mysteriously, observed the slave camp for a while, and said with certainty: "Tomorrow will give you a chance to show off your talents, so take a good rest today."
"Okay! My cousin is right." Li Tiezhu has great trust in Wang Hongyu.
Wang Hongyu came to see the generals again.
At this time, Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui, Qi Jin and Zhou Dunji were standing on the chariot, observing the situation of the slaves from a distance.
"General, I have met several generals and after observing the enemy's situation, I made a discovery."
"It was discovered that the enemy had even left their wounded soldiers on the south bank, which means they will attack again, right?" Tong Zhongkui said quickly, and directly expressed his guess.
"Yes, that's exactly what it is."
Several generals discovered this.
There were many more wounded soldiers in the Jiannu army than in the Ming army, but none of them were pushed to Shenyang in the north of the Hun River. The wounded continued to stay in the army, which would definitely increase the casualties and disability, but they still did so.
This shows that there will be a fierce attack next.
Those who were slightly injured would be sent together, while those who were seriously injured would stay in the barracks for defense.
What a desperate fight.
It’s the same choice as the Southern Army!
"By the way, why did the bombardment stop?" Tong Zhongkui was still thinking about continuing to bombard the Jiannu military camp, causing a constant blow to their personnel and morale.
Wang Hongyu took a deep breath and said solemnly to several people: "I have a suggestion. Our army will retreat tomorrow."
Everyone was shocked, but thinking that this man had trained troops to defeat Jian Nu, and had grasped the right opportunity many times, now everyone had already admired him, and listened to his accuracy.
Old General Chen Ce couldn't help but ask: "Why retreat?"
"Because Yuan Jinglue did not send troops to support, then this battle must be fought in a different way. Retreating is not a failure, but a movement to allow the enemy to act according to our plan."