Kumamoto...is less than a hundred miles away from Saga...
Cao Yuanzhao's troops, who were traveling day and night, crossed the Kyushu Mountains and secretly marched to Kumamoto Castle on the second night!
Why do you say it is above?
Because Kumamoto Castle... is located under the Kyushu Mountains!
At this time, Cao Yuanzhao was standing in the dense forest on the top of the mountain, looking down at the entire city with a telescope...
It's a pity... Before the sun came up, all he could see was a little firelight and a patch of darkness...
And here comes the real difficulty in this battle...
That was how to capture this city while also catching Kato Kiyomasa and his son alive before they committed suicide, and asking for the whereabouts of the coastal defense map!
Cao Yuanzhao understood the problem of Japanese warriors... who would attack themselves if they couldn't defeat them, so he also found himself in trouble at this moment...
"The order goes down! The entire army must not start stoves, use open flames, form camps, or fire guns!"
He planned to recharge his batteries and wait until dawn to observe the structure of the city before making corresponding arrangements.
Since you promised the coach, you must do it! Do it well!
After making up his mind and issuing four prohibitions, Cao Yuanzhao found a tree root and lay down under it to sleep with his clothes on...
And a group of well-trained Xingtian camp soldiers did not hesitate and found a place to sleep. The battalion that carried out the first wave of alerts as usual did not need any instructions or reminders and began to monitor the surroundings...
Only this time... they put down the rifles on their backs one after another, and distributed the crossbows and arrows in the baggage cart.
Silence, killing and looting... nothing is more suitable than a compound crossbow!
As time goes by, the sun gradually rises...
When the first ray of morning light hit Cao Yuanzhao's face, Cao Yuanzhao, who was half asleep and always alert, immediately opened his eyes, raised his telescope and looked around at the city at the foot of the mountain, and measured according to the scale on the telescope.
The height and width of groups of castles and the distance between them and the troops...
Must be quick...
This place is too close to the city, and the mountains are not very high... You may encounter people from the surrounding areas who come out to hunt or cut firewood at any time! If someone leaks out and informs the Japanese army below, then this secret march will be in vain!
He must find the most suitable plan in the shortest time and implement it quickly!
In addition to the five highest floors of the stone wall... one main pavilion and two sub-pavilions... Kato Kiyomasa himself must be in the highest main pavilion, and the drawings and coastal defense plans in his hands are either in the basement or the castle tower!
From this mountain peak...more than three thousand strides and within four thousand strides...wind direction...
Cao Yuanzhao put his hand on the tip of his tongue, licked it, and raised it in the air...
The wind is blowing from the southwest! Just right!!
Wind force...
Cao Yuanzhao grabbed another handful of grass from the ground and released his palm three and a half feet above the ground... Observing the distance between the grass after it fell to the ground and where he was standing...
The wind was two and a half knots!
"Order Xingtian Camp to start preparing for Xingtian!"
"It's the commander-in-chief...how many aircraft have been prepared?"
"All!!" Cao Yuanzhao continued to pick up the branches and scratch them on the ground without raising his head... At this moment... he used all the knowledge he learned in Tongshun Camp. In that year, he not only came into contact with all
The art of war and strategy reached full marks in the assessment of tactical application and calculation application!
The learning ability and understanding ability of ancient people have never been worse than that of our modern people...
The only thing they lack... is scientific division and the instillation of knowledge...
Soon... a careful plan was completely formed in his mind! So Cao Yuanzhao stood up and shouted loudly to the messenger: "Order all artillery battalions to enter combat readiness! All groups one to fifteen are loaded with glycerin bombs! The remaining five groups Load solid ammo!!”
"yes!!"
After the first ordering soldier left, Cao Yuanzhao shouted to the second ordering soldier: "Order the Qiantian camp and the Kundi camp. The soldiers of the two camps will form a group of three and all ride on the Xingtian to prepare for battle!"
"yes!!"
"Wait a minute!" After hearing this, the deputy general on the side quickly stopped the messenger and said, "General! The infantry entered Xingtian... Can they do it? Don't they piss themselves in the air??"
"I didn't ask them to shoot down! They were only responsible for sitting down! You dare to slide down the rope when you get to the place!??"
"but……"
"But what the heck! They are a bunch of cowards!! I will lead the team myself!! I will be the first to slide down!! You! Go and get a rifle for me! There are also ammunition bags!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, a guard saluted and was about to get his gun, but was stopped by the deputy general...
"General! You bear the heavy responsibility of the entire army! You can't put yourself in danger!!"
"Nonsense! Do you think I don't know this? I and the commander have both issued military orders! Things can't be done here! Anyway, I don't have the shame to go back!! Go get it!!"
"yes!!"
After listening to the order, the soldiers walked towards the supply camp again...
When the deputy general saw that he could not stop him, he simply gritted his teeth... and said in a deep voice: "General... I would like to go on behalf of the general..."
"You go!? Do you know what Ben is going to do? You just go?"
"I don't know what will happen...but you never said anything, General..."
"I want to capture the opponent's general alive! Find out the whereabouts of all city defense plans and coastal defense plans and bring them back!!"
"Oh... General... I know now..."
"Okay! Now that you know everything! Then go ahead! I will be here to take command!!"
"Ah...!??" Only then did the deputy notice that the commander's face was already full of evil smiles... Unfortunately, he was now in a dilemma again...
At this time, Cao Yuanzhao patted the other party's shoulder without hesitation and said in a deep voice: "Zu Fuyu... what I am missing now is a loyal and courageous helper like you!! Don't worry! As long as This is a success! I will recommend you to upgrade to two levels!!"
Fuyu... is the name of this deputy general...
And Zu... is his last name...
As for his name... it's Dashou...
Yes...he is the famous Zu Dashou in the modern timeline!
How could Yan Bing, the deputy general next to Cao Yuanzhao, be assigned to a mediocre person!?
Happy birthday!
People from Ningyuan, Liaodong!
He was originally one of Yuan Chonghuan's most capable generals, and he was also Yuan Chonghuan's pioneer!
After Yuan Chonghuan was arrested and imprisoned, he was re-employed under the strong recommendation of Sun Chengzong. He fought bravely, often took the lead, and led the troops like a son. Unfortunately, he was unlucky in the end... while supervising the construction of the entire Daling River Basin city defense. At that time, before the city wall was completed, it was surrounded by Huang Taiji's army... He had no choice but to rush to the battle!
But Zu Dashou still had a strong backbone after all. Although he was trapped in a heavily surrounded situation, he was able to reunite the scattered defenders and hold on for half a year! In the end... he was unable to break out because he ran out of ammunition and food... ...had to pretend to surrender the money...
But when he returned to Jinzhou under the pretense of going to Jinzhou to dig up old troops, he immediately raised the banner of resistance and commanded his men to launch a fierce battle with Hou Jin in Jinzhou! He repelled Hou Jin's army several times!
Time... also passed from the fourth year of Chongzhen to the fifteenth year of Chongzhen...
Zu Dashou... was surrounded again...
This time, it was Ningyuan City under his feet...
What was even worse than the last time was that this time not only were they out of ammunition and food, but they couldn't even count on reinforcements... Because at that time, Sun Chengzong had already retired and returned to his hometown, and there were only a bunch of people left in the court.
The Donglin Party who knows how to talk loudly!
Breaking through...can't break out...
Defend to the death... run out of ammunition and food...
Just when Zu Dashou was worried about the soldiers under his command, who were sallow and skinny and could not get up... Huang Taiji once again ordered someone to send him a letter of persuasion to surrender...
The content of the letter is roughly: I let you go last time, but you... betrayed my trust and fought with me for many years. Now... you are surrounded by me again... But my door
I am still open to you! As long as you are willing to surrender, I will still treat you as before and let you be my general! You can't count on those stinky scholars in the court... You can't even see the shadow of the reinforcements!
Naturally, I value the general's loyalty and bravery very much, but you have tried your best, general... Is such a court really worthy of your continued service? General Yuan died unjustly just because of a "secret letter" from me.
You deserve the infamy, think about your Excellency...even if you die in battle, I believe that no one in the court will think of your benefits! They will only regard you as a defeated general!
Instead of doing this... why don't you think more about yourself... and think more about your subordinates...
I have to say...
Huang Taiji is indeed a hero!
Zu Dashou had already betrayed him once. If he had been an ordinary narrow-minded person, let alone trying to persuade him to surrender, he would have eaten his heart alive now!
But the other party... knew that they could easily capture him alive by attacking the city at this time, but they still extended an olive branch and treated him with great courtesy... Compared to the court that was in troubled times by the Donglin Party at that time... it was simply difficult to make a choice.
Talk about self-healing...
This time... Zu Dashou finally surrendered...
And this time...he never escaped back to the Ming Dynasty...
Compared with Hong Chengchou, who betrayed extremely thoroughly, Zu Dashou has always been a subject of controversy among historians.
Call him treason... Apart from writing a letter to Wu Sangui to persuade him to surrender, he seemed to have done nothing... He even refused to lead troops to fight, and eventually ended up under house arrest by Hou Jin...
You can say that he was loyal... but in the end he failed to preserve his reputation and died on the battlefield...
At the same time, he did fulfill all his duties as a soldier. In order to defend the city, he also ate the flesh of others, endured the bitter cold, and even used the means of false surrender to continue to resist, even when the Qing court entered
After the Pass, Zu Dashou died of illness. Emperor Shunzhi also performed sacrifices in accordance with the rules of a first-class Han official and offered sacrifices twice to commend his loyalty...
People...
This is often such a contradiction...
You simply cannot judge a person's merits or demerits, nor can you judge a person's quality...
He can always judge...it's just his choice...
So what achievements and sins will "Zudashou" make in this life?
