Looking at the "Wengcheng" that had been completely engulfed in flames, Zhi Tingjian looked solemn.
With such a fire, the four or five hundred slaves who entered the Wengcheng just now would have no chance to deal with it, right? Jianheng is truly a Jianheng, and he burned hundreds more slaves in a fire!
[Note: There are more than 200 real slaves and more than 200 wrapped slaves]
Since the beginning of the East, Jiannu has been a nightmare to the Ming Dynasty.
The so-called Ningjin victory and beheading are only at level 700.
But in Shanyang and in the hands of Jianheng, killing Jiannu was like killing a chicken.
Thinking of this, Zhi Tingjian couldn't help but said: "Jianheng, if the Holy Emperor could have used you to lead the army as soon as possible and sent you to western Liaoning, why would we be here today?"
"The county magistrate is overly praised." Yan Yingyuan was completely unimpressed.
There was even some regret, and he sighed and said: "What a pity. It's a pity that the turret in the northeast corner collapsed first. If the four turrets in the east city could collapse at the same time, this fire would have burned at least two thousand Jian slaves!"
"My lord, it's more than that." Wu Erdan said, "Just now a signal was sent from the West City. A turret collapsed on their side, and hundreds of slaves entered the pre-built urn city, and they also burned it down."
"Really?" Yan Yingyuan also laughed when he heard this, "It's not a loss in this case."
"Not just a loss," Zhi Ting admonished, "it's a huge profit, okay?"
Yan Yingyuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, now you can send civilian workers to repair the damaged turret. It does not need to be restored to the same height as the original one. It only needs to be three feet high."
"Understood." Zhi Tingjian said happily.
As the saying goes, if you read a book a hundred times, its meaning will appear by itself.
The Battle of Shanyang has been going on till now, and Zhi Tingjian has also become knowledgeable about military affairs.
The reason why Yan Yingyuan did not ask the civilians to repair all the turrets was because, firstly, it was too difficult to repair them all, and secondly, he deliberately left such a flaw to attract Jiannu to the turrets to launch an attack.
"Erdan." Yan Yingyuan ordered Wu Erdan again, "You must always pay attention to the ice thickness of the city's canals. Once the ice thickness exceeds half a foot, a bonfire must be raised to melt the ice."
The trap in the canal ice stopped working after being used once.
Therefore, the ice must be melted to plug this loophole.
…
Outside the city, a slave camp was built.
Heluohui, Tunqi, Ashan and dozens of Mele Zhangjing and Jia La Ezhen gathered together again to discuss the movement of the army in front of Duduo.
"The Sword Comes"
Duduo still looked dull.
"Master?" He Luohui called again as usual.
However, Duduo still stared straight ahead without any reaction.
He Luohui sighed and asked helplessly: "What should we do next?"
"Yes, what should we do?" Ashan complained, "I, Ashan, have fought for half my life. I have followed the late emperor and Prince Rui to invade the fortress many times. I have never encountered such a cunning enemy. Who is this person named Yan?"
Where did it come from? How could there be such evil people? First, the ice bombs drowned the bannermen of our two white flags and seven Niulu. Today, a fire burned two Niulu of our Zhengbai flag. What happened is this
If he kills evildoers, he won't be afraid of being sent to the eighteenth level of hell?"
"Bullshit." Tunqi said angrily, "Why didn't you think so when you killed the Han people?"
"Tunqi, which side are you from?" Ashan said angrily, "Are you Manchu or Han?"
"You're talking nonsense again, of course I'm a Manchu." Tunqi said angrily, "It's like pretending to be a Manchu."
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, He Luohui quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, Zhengbai Qi and Xianglan Qi suffered a loss today. I know you feel uncomfortable, but don't take it out on your own people if you are angry..."
"He Luohui, what are you talking about?" Tunqi and Ashan were furious at the same time.
"Hey, why are you all coming at me again?" He Luohui was immediately furious.
At this moment, the army commander rushed in and shouted: "Your Majesty, wake up!"
"Who's awake?" He Luohui asked with a dark face, "What are you shouting about?"
"Lord Niyaha is awake!" The doctor said anxiously, "But we must hurry up."
"Niyaha?" Dodo's eyes suddenly regained focus and he said, "This dog slave finally woke up?"
"Huh? Huh!" He Luohui, Ah Shan and Tun Qi all turned their heads and looked at Duduo in astonishment.
Then He Luohui started to cry loudly: "Master, you are finally awake. If you don't wake up, the slaves won't know what to do. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."
"What are you crying for, slave dog?" Duduo kicked He Luohui and said, "Let's go see Niyaha."
Although Duduo's eyes were dull and silent these days, as if he had lost his soul, he had nothing to do and he was fed, so there was no such thing as weakness.
Soon we arrived at Niyaha's barracks.
Niyaha's whole body was reduced to skin and bones.
But his mental state is surprisingly good, and his eyes are bright and clear.
The doctor said with some sadness: "Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, please ask immediately."
Duduo stopped asking questions and asked directly: "Niyaha, during the last meeting, you said that you had a way to transport the red cannon to Shanyang in a short period of time. What is the way?"
Niyaha hummed slightly and said, "Use a sledge."
"Sledge?" Duduo said in astonishment, "Jiangnan is not outside the customs. How can we use a sledge?"
He Luohui, Ashan, Tunqi and others all looked confused. The sledge was a very common means of transportation outside the customs. Just like the horse-drawn carriage in the Central Plains, the ancestors of the Jurchens began to use it a thousand years ago.
However, the sledge can only glide on snow, and ice can also be used, but not mud.
"Master, you can walk by water!" Niyaha's mind flashed through the image of Ming army messengers gliding on ice, and said, "Right now, the Yellow River, Huaihe River and even the canal have frozen, and the ice layer is extremely thick and can withstand
If it can withstand the heavy pressure of the red cannon without collapsing, the red cannon can be transported by water, and it will only take two days!"
"Waterway?!" Duduo, He Luohui and others suddenly woke up from a dream.
This is called mindset. You just don’t expect it when you don’t expect it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But once someone exposed it, I realized that there was nothing strange at all.
"Quick!" Duduo shouted, "He Luohui, immediately send the flying horses back to Xuzhou to prepare the red cannon! Tell Luck Dehun and the others to build enough sledges in the shortest time. In addition to transporting the red cannon to the mountain,
Yangcheng, please send us some more food by the way, we don’t have enough food here anymore, we need to do it as soon as possible!”
"Hey!" He Luohui turned around and left in a hurry.
Ah Shan whispered again: "Your Majesty, these days..."
"You don't need to say more." Duduo waved his hand and said, "Although I can't speak these days, my mind is sober. I know everything that happened, including your Zhengbai Banner and Xianglan Banner, who demolished the turret and entered.
In the city, we encountered a trap, and nearly a thousand people were burned to death by a fire by Yan, and I know all this."
After saying this for a while, he continued: "But this person can't be arrogant for a few more days. As long as the red cannon arrives, Shanyang City will be destroyed, and Yan will be tied up!"
"Lord Niyaha!" The doctor suddenly exclaimed from behind.
Dodo looked back anxiously, only to find that the sparkle in Niyaha's eyes had disappeared.
Niyaha's vitality was rapidly disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he soon took his last breath.
In fact, Niyaha had already been injured and infected during the last attack on the gun platform in Suining County. It was only because of his good health that he was able to carry it for so many days.
But the high fever that lasted for many days had exhausted his vitality.
However, he finally regained consciousness for a moment before dying and reported the most important military information to Duduo.
Duduo sighed and ordered He Luohui: "After the city is broken, you select a batch of the strongest coats and give them to the Niyaha family together with my share of the spoils."
"Hey!" He Luohui solemnly promised.
…
In the next few days, Jiannu did not attack the city.
Instead, Xiang Yong was allowed to repair most of the two damaged turrets.
Four days passed quickly, and the time came to the first day of April in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.
On this day, Yan Yingyuan was patrolling the North Gate city wall with Wu Erdan. When they arrived at the northwest corner tower, Xiang Yong who was guarding the corner tower suddenly exclaimed.
"Oh my god, it's the Hongyi Cannon!"
"The Jian slaves have brought the Hongyi cannon!"
Yan Yingyuan hurriedly turned his head to look outside the city, and then his heart sank.
In the wilderness to the north of the city, a long sledge was seen gliding along the ice of the canal.
Although there is a war horse in front of the sledge blocking the view, you can still vaguely see the huge thing mounted on the sledge. From the long cylindrical shape, what else can it be but a Hongyi cannon?
"Sir, what a red barbarian cannon!" Wu Erdan looked a little embarrassed.
Anyone who knows a little bit about military affairs will know what the red cannon means. It is a weapon for siege! No matter how strong the city is, it is impossible to withstand the attack of the red cannon.
"It's okay." Yan Yingyuan quickly calmed down.
"When soldiers come to block it, when water comes and the soil comes to flood it, there will always be a way."
…
At this time outside the city.
"It's a great pleasure for me, my servant, to meet the prince."
Shang Kexi flicked his sleeves and knelt down on one knee in front of Duduo.
"King Zhishun excuses himself." Duduo stepped forward and helped Shang Xi up with his own hands.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shang Kexi stood up and said, "On the order of Prince Yanxi, I came with 20 red cannons and 10,000 dan of military rations to help. Your Majesty, my servant is not too late, right?"
"It's not too late, you came just in time." Duduo said happily.
"It's good that you're not too late." Shang Kexi said again, "Your Majesty, are we going to start attacking the city now?"
"There's no rush, we won't miss half a day." Duduo waved his hand and said, "King Zhishun, you and the artillerymen of the Eight Banners Han Army have worked hard all the way. Just have a good rest tonight. It won't be too late to attack the city tomorrow."
Shang Kexi quickly said: "Slave, thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."
Duduo then asked: "How is the battle going over there in Xuzhou?"
"Everything is fine." Shang Ke said happily, "Our Qing soldiers have built a trench that stretches for dozens of miles, and has already wrapped the entire Xuzhou City and Yunlong Mountain in it. The dog emperor Chongzhen has been unable to fly.
