After hearing what Madeng Yun said, the generals' eyes widened in shock.
"Junmen, we can't mess around with this. If we withdraw the soldiers and horses at the top of the city, if there is no underground matter, and Jian Nu takes advantage of the night to touch it, everything will be destroyed." Vice General Gu Youde put forward a different opinion.
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He felt that just because the well water was gone, it was ridiculous to speculate that so many messy things would come out.
He and Ma Dengyun didn't get along very well, and they fought openly and secretly in private. Naturally, he didn't believe his lies at this moment.
Ma Dengyun immediately turned his back and asked loudly: "Is there a certain family in this city that calls the shots? Do you want to obey orders?"
Gu Youde immediately stood up and said tit for tat: "This is a random order, please forgive me for obeying it."
Madeng smiled angrily and said, "Okay, okay, okay."
After saying three good words, Ma Dengyun said: "I order you to take over the city defense immediately and command your eight thousand troops to guard the city strictly tonight. You must not slack off. If something goes wrong, military law will be ruthless."
Gu Youde cupped his hands expressionlessly, turned around and left.
The generals and colonels of his department also followed immediately.
The remaining generals, in addition to the troops of the Ma family, there are also people from Tan Shide, and people from other factions. After all, the border troops in Liaohe are the elite soldiers selected after the nine borders were abolished. There are all there.
For a moment, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to do.
"Everyone, I'm trying to persuade you, but I didn't expect this guy to be so ignorant of current affairs. It's really going to rain, so let him go. If you believe me, pull the officers and soldiers off the city wall and bring dry food and drinking water. Come here.
Gather inside the south city gate."
Seeing that all the generals were listening carefully, Ma Dengyun continued: "It would be better if nothing happens. I have lost face, so it's not a big deal. But if Jianu really blasts the city wall tonight, then the officers and soldiers on the city will really
It’s all over.”
All the generals nodded, this is true, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Be careful to sail the ten-thousand-year ship. Jiannu fought for a day today and is exhausted. It is estimated that there is a high probability that he will not attack at night. He will not be able to get out even if he withdraws.
It's a big deal. It's okay. I'll go back at dawn.
Qinzhou (Tianshui) General Xie Yong from Gansu Town stood up and said: "If tonight is as expected by the army, where should we go?"
Madengyun glanced at him. This was the first person tonight who clearly expressed his support for his opinion. Madengyun said with a smile: "As soon as the explosion is completed, we will open the south gate and retreat towards Yuanbaoshan. Then we will retreat to the passes along the way.
Resist every step of the way.”
This is an old saying. Victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists. You can't waste this field regiment here needlessly knowing that you can't do anything. At least using the special terrain of the mountainous area behind you to resist step by step and slow down the advance of the slaves can give you a better chance of success.
The emperor and cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Great Wall provided ample warning time.
It happened that during this period, Chifeng City could not be attacked for a long time. After Huang Taiji mobilized the Mongolian army to attack the reinforcements of Heiyunlong, he gave up the siege of Nancheng and encircled three without one. He tried to shake the will of the defenders. The army just retreated from here.
"One hundred thousand Mongolian troops are blocking the black commander. Let's retreat from here. Won't we just meet the Mongolian army on the way?" asked a general from Shanxi Town.
"A certain family knows Hei Yunlong. They are not that easy to fight. Now that the Mongols have been attacking for a day, they must be exhausted. We happened to raid their camp at night. They never expected that we would raid them from behind.
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"This move will definitely succeed in one blow. Then we rush through their camp and join Heiyunlong. Then we still have 70,000 to 80,000 people and retreat towards Ningcheng and Kuancheng. Enter the Great Wall from Da'ankou."
The generals nodded one after another. Ma Shuai is a talented man. After such a rout and escape, he did not forget to catch the Mongols off guard. This route is also the most suitable valley route. The Jiannu army cannot spread out, so it can indeed resist step by step and gradually retreat.
Seeing that the generals had no other opinions, Ma Dengyun asked everyone to prepare separately.
Madeng Yun returned to the inner house and saw his wife and a dozen maids in the palace, all wearing armor and holding swords, ready to retreat. They went on an expedition and did not bring much belongings. Everything was simple and simple, with nothing extra. There were more than a dozen carriages.
Carrying various household items and utensils, hundreds of soldiers stood at attention, ready to leave at any time.
"Master, let's have some wontons." Malan brought over a bowl of mutton wontons.
Ma Dengyun hadn't eaten for a day. When he smelled the aroma of wontons sprinkled with sesame oil, he suddenly felt hungry. He picked up the bowl of sea food and started to devour it without worrying about burning his mouth.
Gu Youde sat cross-legged under the tent on the west city wall, thinking about what kind of plane Madengyun was planning this time. As for what Madengyun said, he didn't believe it at all.
Are you kidding me? The water in the well is gone. If you feel a little shocked, it's because the slaves dug tunnels.
You have to make up nonsense like that. This Ma Dengyun is pulling a colander with a wire and touching his upper and lower lips. He can really make it up.
In this winter, the ground is frozen, unless you use gunpowder to blast it. Otherwise, when you put the pickaxe down, it will be a white spot. You can't even chew it with your teeth.
The ground is covered with light frost, and the ground is sealed with severe cold. Heavy snowfall and light snowfall are coming again this year.
Humph, after all, this guy was also one of the four great generals of Liaodong. Can’t you recite the twenty-four solar terms song of Liaodong?
If there was gunpowder blasting and excavation, the sound would have been heard a long time ago. Isn't this nonsense? Believe him or not.
At midnight, at the entrance of the tunnel, Dorgon looked expressionlessly at the people running out of the tunnel. These people were covered in mud and water, like mud monkeys.
Huang Taiji, Daishan, Amin and other big guys stood behind.
"Fourteenth Brother, how confident are you that you can blow up the city wall?" Huang Taiji asked, looking at Dorgon with an embarrassed look.
"Great Khan, my brother is fully confident." Dorgon said confidently. "There are three tunnels in total. After digging under the city wall, we dug more than ten feet horizontally to both ends and filled most of our gunpowder inside.
This time we can blow up the entire west wall."
"Okay, if you succeed this time, I will give you a knighthood."
Everyone in the tunnel has escaped. The fuse inside is burning.
Dorgon put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, and counted softly in his mouth. He always did things carefully. He controlled the burning speed of the medicine stick very accurately.
After he counted the numbers backwards, he said softly: "Boom"
On the west city wall in the distance, white smoke like light mist suddenly rose. Then, boom! Boom! Boom! A series of loud noises came, and the entire city wall suddenly bulged upwards for a while, and then fell back.
After that, it suddenly flew upward again. This time, an entire section of the city wall was shattered and disintegrated. Countless earth and rocks were thrown out like a volcanic eruption.
A large number of stones even fell on the heads of Huang Taiji and others.
There were violent shakings under the feet. Many people were unable to stand and fell to the ground.
