War destroys people's hearts, but it is also the ultimate weapon that tests everything.
Gao Yigong has been delayed for so many days and never mentioned the reason. This makes the officers below, especially those who want to be promoted through this victory, extremely dissatisfied. Some people have even secretly informed Yuan Zai of this matter.
King Shun of North Zhili. Although he did not receive a reply, he still questioned him.
Relatively speaking, Zhu Ling of Yanzhou Prefecture is also quite uncomfortable. As a leader who has been defeated one after another over the years, the pressure he is under is by no means understandable by ordinary people. He has to accept and digest countless bad news every day: on which day and where?
Another rebellion broke out, another day there was another defeat...and so on.
Even when Nanjing knew that a hundred thousand bandits were marching south to attack Yanzhou, they kept sending documents to persuade His Majesty to leave. However, Zhu Ling was not one to back down. It was just because there were many soldiers gathered around him.
, even several famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty gathered around him.
It's true, there's nothing to be afraid of.
But suddenly faced with an army of 100,000 people, no one had ever encountered such pressure. The problem was that the army did not gather 100,000 troops before marching, and it took so many days to prepare. Even under the obstruction of so many prefectures and counties in Shanxi
, also fell quickly. Everyone knows the strength of the Chuang Army.
It is an army that is more powerful than the Ming army except for the self-built slaves.
He can't leave. If he takes the initiative to go to Nanjing, let alone Wu Sangui and the others. Shandong, which is so large, will definitely be handed over to the invaders within a month. In addition, the morale of the imperial court, the vigor of the soldiers, and the arrogance of the generals
, along with the people's hearts and minds, I'm afraid it will all disappear.
More importantly, Zhu Ling couldn't imagine that if he lost Shandong and retreated to Nanjing blindly, why would he lead his people to break out of the siege of thieves and come all the way to Shandong!
Therefore, after the inspiring move the day before yesterday, he chose to climb the tower in person with the strongest attitude. This move added a lot of fighting spirit to countless people who were willing to continue fighting for the Ming Dynasty.
On April 16, Gao Yigong's army arrived one mile below Yanzhou City. In fact, the two forces could clearly see this so-called mile. He was fully prepared, and in the afternoon, some scattered attacks broke out
battle, but the process dissatisfied both sides.
Xu Shigao Yigong underestimated the confidence of the Ming army and directly ordered an army to go to Qufu without sending scouts in advance. However, he never expected to be attacked by Shi Kefa's troops. Shi Kefa personally went into battle to kill the enemy.
, after thinking about it, we know that the Chuang army was defeated this time. This gave the nervous Ming army some morale.
After experiencing the loss of thousands of people, Gao Yigong was obviously much more cautious, and just spread out the army. The sentries, watchtowers, horses, and trenches were all well arranged. The 20,000 civilians he brought were also very efficient.
, eliminate the disadvantages of crowds and clutter, and complete all these complicated and trivial tasks in less than one day.
Calmly and calmly, Gao Yigong supervised the construction of the camp, while Zhu Ling also reassured people.
It was not until the evening, when there was still some light, that Zhu Ling, who led the crowd to observe on the top of the city, realized this. Seeing the opponent's fortifications being built so quickly, he couldn't help but ask Zhu Dadian next to him: "Breaking into the army camp"
The fortifications were completed in less than a day, how many days did it take for the city defenses around us to be completed?"
It seemed that this question made him very embarrassed. Zhu Dadian's face changed slightly and he replied hesitantly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, our city defense is quite complex and cumbersome. Barbed wire, trenches, moats, and defensive horses are all used, so it took five or six days to complete the attack."
Well arranged.”
Hearing this, Zhu Ling smiled softly and said calmly: "In other words, if the intruder came two days earlier, we wouldn't be ready yet?"
"Your Majesty knows that Yanzhou Prefecture has never experienced a war, which means that we have encountered countless troubles in terms of city defense. It took thousands of people and several days of hard work just to divert water. And the next thing is that
His Majesty just demonstrated the barbed wire fence to Wang Shangshu, but Wang Shangshu had to demonstrate it to a bunch of people. After this, it took a day just to learn it, and then he collected a large amount of wire, and even ordered the blacksmith to go to the blacksmith shop day and night.
Then we rushed to complete the city defense within five days."
In fact, Wang Jiayan was mainly responsible for city defense. Even if several other people were involved, it was just coordination. Zhu Dadian did not need to explain it at all, let alone shoulder all these responsibilities on himself. The more he acted like this, he could only
It means that in my heart I still feel that I was guilty in the past and just want to make friends with Wang Jiayan.
After all, for a long time after Wu Linzheng and others of the Southern Patrol went to Nanjing, there were rumors that Wang Jiayan was His Majesty's humerus minister. Of course, this was deliberately spread by someone. It was nothing and he had been arrested long ago.
He was thrown into prison.
But maybe it was these words that made Zhu Dadian so protective of Wang Jiayan, and even did not hesitate to be blamed.
"How to arrange the army of intruders?"
The topic was directly ignored by Zhu Ling. At this point, how could he have the energy to pursue the matter? On the contrary, Gao Yigong, who was taking his time and setting up camp under their noses, was the most threatening.
"Your Majesty, look, the invaders are extremely careful in their deployment. Although they are not far from Yanzhou Prefecture, there are defenses almost less than a hundred meters away. There are horses, trenches, and even some iron caltrops scattered on the ground. This must be because they are afraid of us.
It was a night attack, and most of the people in the camp in front were coming and going, which shows that the people living here are not soldiers." Zhu Dadian pointed at him from a distance and explained to Zhu Ling and several civil servants around him. "They know that the distance is too close.
, will be attacked by us at night, so we arranged it like this. According to the information from my subordinates, we are facing the north, east and west, but there is no trace of the intruders at all."
"Is it possible that we don't dare to send out scouts because the intruders have already deployed their troops?" Huang Bodang asked with a frown before Zhu Ling could speak.
"Won't."
Zhu Dadian immediately denied this idea and said: "If it is for Yanzhou Prefecture, the location of Jining and Qufu is not good. Even if there is a war, these two places will be a little far away and there is no time to take care of it. Needless to say, there are many places in the south.
There is no need to worry about the 10,000 troops led by Fan Xianchao. However, what I am afraid of is that if the target is not Yanzhou Prefecture but other places, such as Jining and Qufu, then Yanzhou Prefecture will be surrounded."
When everyone heard this, they immediately felt frightened. If so, it is really possible that the intruder army placed the civilian camp in front of the Yanzhou Mansion, but all the soldiers behind were transferred. In this way, Jining and
The pressure on Qufu will inevitably increase, but the Yanzhou government does not dare to attack rashly. In the end, there are two possibilities: first, Jining and Qufu are captured. Second: the two places are in peace, and the pressure on Yanzhou increases.
Either possibility would have some impact on Zhu Dadian's strategy, so he had to arrange more messengers around him. Once something happened, he would immediately inform the general of the order and respond as quickly as possible.
"If we don't see the invasion attack tomorrow, then what you said is possible."
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The next morning, as the first ray of sunlight hit, breakfast was just passing by in the city. Zhu Ling and others, who were sitting side by side with Zhu Dadian, Huang Bodang and others on the city tower, saw the attacking army with their own eyes and for the first time.
The city's military strength.
Relatively speaking, it was also the first time that the Chuang army came into contact with a weapon that would be used to defend the city hundreds of years later: barbed wire.
Because the artillery was heavy, the artillery was not brought, and when he learned that Yanzhou Prefecture did not have artillery, Gao Yigong also led several generals under his command to arrange their seats on the high platform of the camp and calmly command.
Naturally, he did not expect to be able to defeat Yanzhou where the Ming army had been entrenched for many days in the first round today. In fact, his attack on the city was not entirely aimed at conquering the city. Today's first round was just a trial.
It's just a move. He has to see through the battlefield timing at any time and show his trump card.
But looking from a distance, Gao Yigong and the other generals discovered something they had never seen before... Countless wooden piles were erected on the ground, but the wooden piles were buried deep in the ground, and only the wooden piles were exposed.
It is less than half a meter in length. And on the exposed part, there are countless wires connected with each other. The area is so large that it covers the whole city wall of Yanzhou Mansion.
If Gao Yigong got closer, he could clearly see the countless barbs hanging on the barbed wire, and under the light of the optometry, there were countless sharp lights.
"Have you ever seen those things?"
Touching his beard, Gao Yigong was very puzzled. He had fought with the Ming army countless times, and this was the first time he encountered such a thing. Especially since the offensive had already been launched, he did not understand its meaning.
But the next moment, the soldiers who rushed to the front experienced the effects of these things for him personally.