Six hundred and seventieth chapters Ji Shengyu He Shengliang
With unstoppable power, the new army, escorted by Jianlu, advanced towards Niuzhuangyi.
The only thing Jianlu could do was to constantly dig small holes on the path of the new army's advance to slow down the advance of the new army.
In order to hurry up and hurry up, the new troops ate while walking, whether they were nibbling dry food or drinking water. The only times they stopped were to feed the animals pulling the carts.
Time passed slowly, and we were getting closer and closer to Niuzhuangyi. Zhong Jinwei did not believe that Jianlu would really escort him to the end without making any mistakes.
From time to time, he used a telescope to observe Jianlu's situation. Thanks to the clear sky, his sight was very good. However, within Zhong Jinwei's field of vision, he could not find any other movement on Jianlu's part.
But no matter what, Zhong Jinwei still did not dare to be careless, and did not order to speed up, but kept the entire army moving forward in this formation.
Around the beginning of Shenshi, when Zhong Jinwei was drinking water, Cao Wenzhao next to him suddenly reported to him: "Master Marquis, there is something going on in Jianlu."
After saying that, he pointed his finger directly in front of the new army. Upon hearing this, Zhong Jinwei quickly put down the kettle and picked up the telescope to look over.
I saw Jianlu making a way to the left and right, and driving hundreds of people through it to meet the new army.
As Zhong Jinwei watched, he couldn't help but murmured: "There are men, women, old and young. Are the Jianlu people stupid? The army can't do anything to us, so why are they driving their people to resist?"
Cao Wenzhao's face was solemn, and he explained to Zhong Jinwei in a deep voice: "Master Marquis, I'm afraid those people are us Han people. We were forced by the Jianlu to shave their hair and dress like the Jianlu."
"Oh?" When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he quickly observed the Jianlu people attentively.
Cao Wenzhao said in a hateful tone next to him: "Jianlu has used this despicable method more than once!"
Zhong Jinwei didn't say anything. He knew that what Cao Wenzhao said was probably true. The Jianlu were not stupid enough to use the men, women, and children of their own tribe to resist the Ming army's artillery shells. After all, there were only a few weirdos like Song Xianggong in history.
Just one person.
Without Zhong Jinwei's order, the new army was still advancing slowly.
Slowly the distance got closer and closer, and all the new soldiers could see clearly what was ahead with their naked eyes.
Jianlu's archers, melee soldiers and cavalry all hid behind the people and drove them towards the new army.
The common people were also shouting loudly in Chinese, trying to stop the New Army from firing.
When the new sergeants saw that the common people and Jianlu were about to enter the artillery range, they were a little hesitant. Many of them turned to look at Zhongxing Hou.
Zhong Jinwei is not a pedantic person. He knows that if he does not fire artillery, the New Army will only be able to fight the Jianlu in close combat. With a steady stream of Jianlu coming, there is no doubt that the outcome of the New Army will be total annihilation.
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But when he really wanted to give the order to fire, the faces of frightened men, women, and children he saw through the telescope appeared in front of him. For a while, the order could not be given.
Huang Taiji and several other slave chiefs were also observing from a distance. It cannot be denied that in previous battles with the Ming army, this trick sometimes worked.
Therefore, although these slave chiefs did not have high hopes, they still prayed in their hearts that this trick would work.
"Master Marquis, these are all captives!" Cao Wenzhao reported loudly when he saw that Marquis Zhongxing was still refusing to give the order.
Zhong Jinwei turned his head and looked at him in a hurry, and shouted: "Damn it, you can't control your troops with kindness!"
Then he turned his head, looked at the artillerymen who were watching him and ordered: "Fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom" the sound of artillery continued continuously. No matter who was in front of the new army, as long as they encountered the iron eggs fired from them, they would all end up with the same fate.
When the slave chiefs in the distance saw them, they all showed disappointment. Duduo looked at Huang Taiji and said with a glimmer of hope: "Khan, what should I do? The Ming army is almost at Niuzhuangyi?"
Huang Taiji said nothing, and just watched blankly as the Ming army began to move slowly again.
When Duduo saw that Huang Taiji didn't respond to his question, he shouted: "Great Khan, Great Khan..."
After a while, Huang Taiji slowly turned his head, looked at Duduo and said: "If I have a hundred catapults and a hundred carts of catapults in my hand, I can destroy this Ming army.
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The implication is that if we don’t have so much ordnance on hand now, what else can we do!
Duduo was a little unwilling and asked again: "Is it just like letting this Ming army go in vain?"
Huang Taiji didn't answer him or look at him. He said to himself with a somewhat lonely face: "The strength of the Ming Dynasty is really not comparable to that of Dajin! This firearms force only had a thousand people at the beginning, and it has only been half a year.
, there are about 5,000 people. If this continues and the number of firearms troops in the Ming Dynasty increases to 10,000, 20,000, or 50,000, what will I, Dajin, do?"
When the other slave chiefs heard this, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and were silent to each other. They knew in their hearts that the prospect described by Huang Taiji was not impossible.
Huang Taiji retracted his gaze from watching the movement of the Ming army, looked at the Heshuobele around him, and said a little helplessly: "I have also thought about building this firearms army, and I have spent a lot of materials for this. It can be built.
The muskets of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the muskets of the Ming Dynasty, and the artillery made by the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the artillery of the Ming Dynasty. I want to be replaced by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. With so many resources in hand, I have already pacified the four directions and allowed all the nations to come to court.
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No one responded to Huang Taiji, they just looked at the Ming army in the distance silently.
Suddenly, Azig turned around and asked Huang Taiji: "A year ago, the Ming army was not like this. We, Dajin, were invincible in all battles and invincible in every attack. Why did the Ming Dynasty seem to have suddenly changed in just one year?
.I, Dajin, have also begun to lose battles, and have the clansmen died?"
When Jirharang and Duduo heard this, they both felt that what Azig said made sense, and couldn't help but look at their great Khan, wanting to hear what he thought of this issue.
Huang Taiji held the horse whip's hand, slowly raised it, pointed at the Ming army in the distance and said: "I believe that it must be the leader of this new army, the newly risen Zhongxing Hou, who has changed the Ming Dynasty!"
Ever since Huang Taiji heard about the Zhongxing Hou of the Ming Dynasty when the army left behind in the pass was defeated and returned to Liaodong, the presence of this Zhongxing Hou in all subsequent wars that caused Dai Jin to suffer losses. If it wasn't done by him personally, it was by his subordinates.
What he did. When these signs were taken together, Huang Taiji was 100% sure that it was this Zhongxing Hou who changed the Ming Dynasty.
Huang Taiji thought of this, and suddenly a famous saying came into his mind: If you are born with Yu, how can you be born with Liang!
Under the escort of Jianlu, the Ming army finally arrived at Niuzhuang Post Pier near dusk.
The fleet parked on the Liao River immediately moved closer, while the new army always maintained a defensive posture and slowly withdrew to the ships, leaving no chance for Jianlu to take advantage of them.
When all the new troops boarded the ship, Zhong Jinwei was in a good mood. He asked his men to shout with him: "We see you off after thousands of miles, but we will say goodbye eventually. I will come back to play with you again!"
When the new sergeants on other ships heard the shouts from the flagship, they all relaxed and shouted in unison with all their strength: "We see you off after thousands of miles, but we will see you again. I will come back to play with you!"
The sound reached the sky, echoing for a long time over this land that had been invaded by the Jianqi for a long time.