Nowadays, even the Dragon Boat Festival has not come yet. Li Rusong said that he would celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Ningxia, which was a mockery of Xiao Ruxun's plan as being too timeless. Xiao Ruxun deliberately retorted, and Ye Mengxiong waved his hand and said: "Ji Xin's method,
It's safe, but there are still two obstacles."
"I'm just trying to attract attention. If there's anything wrong, please let Governor Ye tell me." Xiao Ruxun said.
Ye Mengxiong said: "One of the reasons for this is that this plan is too slow. Although it does not have to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will take at least two months to be effective. Such a large-scale use of troops should not last long, which is why Ye Mou led the order.
At that time, Shen Shoufu specially explained the matter."
Xiao Ruxun nodded, indicating that he understood. He and Su Hao had discussed the issue of military expenditure, and Ye Mengxiong's reason could convince Xiao Ruxun.
"The second thing is that if the city is flooded with water, the thieves in the city will naturally be drowned, and the people will not be spared. After all, Ningxia City is our own city, and the people in the city are my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. Unless it is absolutely necessary,
, this plan of burning both jade and stone is not feasible." Ye Mengxiong continued.
Xiao Ruxun fell silent. He originally pondered this issue to simulate the way the Tatars would attack Ningxia City after their invasion. Naturally, the Tatars would not care about drowning the people in the city. Now the offensive and defensive positions were changed, and he became
It is indeed inappropriate for the attacking party to use such a method.
Seeing that Xiao Ruxun's plan was rejected, Su Hao said: "Since Governor Ye does not agree with General Xiao's method, the general feels that the only way to consider it is to destroy the city. The Ningxia rebels relied on,
But the city wall is so tall that it is difficult to overcome. If we can destroy a section of the city wall as a breakthrough, the enemy's defense will collapse."
"If we can destroy a section of the city wall, then what else can we say?" Ye Mengxiong said with a bitter smile, "The question is, how can we destroy the city wall?"
"You can use gunpowder to explode it," Su Hao said.
From the perspective of a time traveler like Su Hao, it was perfectly normal to use gunpowder to blow open the city wall. The city wall looked thick and solid, but it was nothing more than piled up of adobe. In the era of hot weapons, the city wall was built on a rack.
After a burst of artillery bombardment, the city wall naturally collapsed, so there was no need to bear the losses of setting up a ladder to attack the city.
As soon as Su Hao said this, before Ye Mengxiong could say anything, Li Rusong sneered: "General Su is indeed a young talent. His knowledge is quite extraordinary. I have been in the army for half my life, but I have never heard of being able to use gunpowder to blow open a city wall."
thing."
"You haven't heard of it. It doesn't seem to be my fault, right?" Su Hao smiled slightly and mocked.
"Well, the Ningxia city wall is over there. Please show us how to use gunpowder to break the city." Li Rusong pointed in the direction of Ningxia city and said.
Su Hao shook his head and said: "It's not possible yet. Although our army brought some firearms, they consumed a lot of money when defeating the enemy a few days ago. The supplementary materials have not yet been sent, so I can't do it yet."
Li Rusong seemed to have expected it, and said in a long voice: "I see. Since the young general has a clever trick but can't do it, then we should follow my stupid method. If I can't succeed, how about following the young general's strategy?
?”
"General Li..." Su Hao didn't know what to say.
Ma Qiancheng, who was sitting next to Su Hao, couldn't stand listening anymore. He was young to begin with and didn't have much money. In addition, he was a hereditary official, so his domineering power was no weaker than that of Li Rusong. When he was in Xi'an a few days ago, he had already asked Li Rusong to do it.
He was choking uncomfortably, and now he couldn't bear it anymore. He said: "General Li, General Su has good intentions and doesn't want your soldiers to die in vain. If you don't know what is good and what is wrong and are willing to go your own way, then take your powerful troops with you."
Let's go and attack the city. Don't embarrass us."
Hearing this, Li Rusong turned to Ye Mengxiong and smiled: "Governor Ye, let me tell you what. We don't have to wait for them. How can these children who have never fought in the war help us?"
"It's all for fighting a good war, don't get angry." Ye Mengxiong continued to act as a nanny to appease all parties. As a governor, he sounded airy, but in fact he didn't have much real power. They all came with soldiers, and he seemed to have a lot of life.
Killing power, but can this kind of power be used casually? It really made everyone unhappy. During the war, he did not work hard, and in the end the war was not fought well. The court punished him as the governor. His predecessor
Wei Xuezeng had already been recalled to the capital for trial because of his poor performance in the campaign against rebellion. It is not yet known whether he was dismissed or imprisoned.
"Well, since Commander Xiao and Deputy Commander Su are too late, and our army needs to fight quickly, why not follow Commander Li's method and attack the city first." Ye Mengxiong finally made his decision.
With Li Rusong's strong suggestion and the governor's approval, the matter of attacking the city was decided. Xiao Ruxun and Ma Qiancheng were both people who wanted to join the military, so it was natural that they would not have the reputation of slacking off in the military.
Therefore, he could only agree to go back to organize his generals and prepare to cooperate with the siege. Su Hao did not have too many extravagant hopes for his own future, but he valued the lives of his generals more, so as soon as the meeting was over, he
He went after Ye Mengxiong and asked for a confidential conversation.
Ye Mengxiong and Su Hao had dealt with each other before. It was Ye Mengxiong's idea to send Su Hao to Banzhou to survey the terrain. Not only did Su Hao successfully complete the task, but he also managed to take down one of Yang Yinglong's elite troops, leaving a deep impression on Ye Mengxiong.
Impression. Hearing that Su Hao wanted to talk to him secretly, Ye Mengxiong ordered his soldiers to take him to the military tent at the back. As soon as they met, he said with a smile: "In other words, Li Rusong has this temper. You don't have to worry too much about him.
Already."
"Governor Ye, the general doesn't have any objections to General Li, I just think he takes the general's life too seriously," Su Hao said.
Ye Mengxiong said: "If a general achieves thousands of bones, how can he survive a battle? When facing a fortified city, it is either a long-term siege or an ant attack. This has been the case since ancient times. What General Li Bing said is not unheard of.
reason."
Su Hao said: "The general is indeed sure to use gunpowder to blow open the city wall, just like when he dealt with Yang Yinglong. I have arranged for people to transport gunpowder and other materials from the capital to Ningxia. It will only take a dozen days at most for the materials to be delivered.
No matter how tight our army’s time is, we can always afford to wait for more than ten days, right? Obviously, we can save thousands of lives by waiting for more than ten days, so why can’t we wait a little longer?”
Ye Mengxiong patted Su Hao on the shoulder and said: "Change, I can understand your mood, but how can you know some things if you don't try them? General Li also had his own ideas when he suggested attacking the city.
Let me tell you this, if the city of Ningxia is captured according to your method, how should the credit for the battle of Ningxia be calculated?"
"This..." Su Hao suddenly became speechless.
Regarding the matter in Bozhou, Ye Mengxiong had a good impression of Su Hao, and he also knew that Su Hao was a person who worked hard and did not care about personal gains and losses. Such people were really lacking in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty nowadays
In the officialdom, whether they are civil servants or military officers, there are very few people who can have a clear mind. Before doing something, everyone must consider their own interests clearly. Precisely because Ye Mengxiong knew that Su Hao was a simple person, so
Only then was she willing to say a few more words to him, even saying some things that were inconvenient for everyone to put on the table.
"I understand." Su Hao's EQ was average, but his IQ was sufficient. If Ye Mengxiong pointed it out to this extent, if he didn't understand it, it would be unreasonable. He hesitated and said, "Governor Ye, if that's the case, I
Can our troops not participate in the siege?"
"What's the reason?" Ye Mengxiong asked.
Su Hao said: "My unit is called Kanyu Camp. Its main responsibility is surveying and mapping. It is not good at combat. It is not easy to train a surveying and mapping talent. It would be too wasteful to use it to attack cities like ordinary sergeants."
Of course Ye Mengxiong knew that Su Hao's words were nonsense. He had already heard about the combat effectiveness of Kanyu Camp from several battles in Pinglu City. The so-called not good at fighting was an excuse. In the final analysis, it was Su Hao.
He couldn't accept this method of siege, and he was even less willing to let his soldiers suffer heavy casualties during the siege, so he came up with such a reason.
However, Su Hao's reason really convinced Ye Mengxiong. Ye Mengxiong had long known the value of the survey camp in surveying and mapping, and it was so difficult to let such a skilled army do siege without technical content.
The matter is indeed a waste. Currently, there are 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers from Liaodong, Sichuan, and Shaanxi Dusi. How could there be a shortage of more than 2,000 people from Kanyu Camp? Since Su Hao doesn’t want Kanyu Camp to go
If we want to fight, we might as well agree to his request.
Thinking of this, Ye Mengxiong nodded and said: "In that case, the governor will issue an order to arrange for your department to be responsible for surveying the map around Ningxia City. Didn't General Xiao propose a plan to build embankments and flood them?
Let’s measure the height of Ningxia City and see if we can divert river water to submerge it.”
"I got the order!" Su Hao had a clear understanding and knew that Ye Mengxiong had agreed to his request, so he quickly accepted the order. Since he couldn't change the order to attack the city, he should at least protect the Kanyu camp first. As for the lives and deaths of other soldiers in the army,
He really couldn't care less. Maybe in this era of cold weapons, human life is really not that valuable.
After deciding on the plan to attack the city, there are still many things to do in the next step. Each unit allocated the scope of the attack and determined that Li Rusong's troops in Liaodong would attack the south city as the main attack direction. Ma Qiancheng led the Sichuan troops to attack the west city, and Xiao Ruxun commanded Ping.
The prisoners and the Shaanxi troops attacking the east city were all auxiliary attacks. Ye Mengxiong also had some generals, each with their own tasks, so there is no need to go into details about them. As for Su Hao's reconnaissance camp, Ye Mengxiong said at the military meeting
It was announced that their main duty was to conduct surveying and mapping around Ningxia City and not to directly participate in the war.
When Li Rusong heard this arrangement, he naturally sneered, but Su Hao didn't bother to look at his face. There are many irritating people in the world, and this is something Su Hao can't change.
After seven or eight days of preparation, the Ming army began to attack the city. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please
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ps:...Well, I was doing some work a few days ago. Orange started working overtime on the fourth day of the lunar new year. I worked with others to calculate millions of pieces of data and got a glimpse of the legendary big data.