Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 378

"Then Lu Xiangsheng is extremely stupid and loyal, stubborn and unwilling to accept His Majesty's kindness!" Fan Wencheng replied truthfully, not daring to lie.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji sneered and said: "Since I have failed my good intentions, don't blame me for being hit by a thunderbolt!"

Regarding the war in Pyongyang, he has planned for a long time, and he must win it.

Of course Huang Taiji knew that the war in Pyongyang could not be dragged on forever.

In fact, the Korean War initiated by the Qing Dynasty could not be delayed for a long time no matter what town it attacked, because the Qing Dynasty could not afford a protracted siege battle.

Based on this, when he was stationed at Zhenjiang Fort and waiting for news, he was already preparing for the Battle of Pyongyang.He said he wanted a thunderbolt, which is something to rely on.

At this time, he shouted loudly: "Come on, pass on my order, assemble the catapult in front of the camp, and let the Ming army on the top of the city see, I prepared a meeting gift for them!"

Because of the lessons learned from the First Battle of Lushun, Huang Taiji knew that the Ming army could not be defeated with artillery alone.Therefore, he thought of a trick, or use the catapult that was eliminated by the artillery.

Compared with artillery, in terms of Jianlu, catapults are easier to build, and do not require artillery technology. Counterweight catapults are already mature.Over the years, Jianlu has also accumulated enough craftsmen to build more catapults for Jianlu at one go.

If you attack a strong city like Jinzhou, there are too many artillery defenses, and too many catapults are useless.However, he didn't believe it when it came to Pyongyang City. Would the Ming army have so many Hongyi cannons?At least the original North Korea didn't have it.

So, following Huang Taiji's order, in front of the camp on Jianlu's side, carts were rolled out of the barracks, unloaded from the carts, pile after pile, and lined up very The long ones couldn't even be lined up, and they were all lined up in a "two" shape. It only took more than an hour to see the prototype of the catapults one by one, and finally became a complete catapult.

After those carts unloaded the catapult parts, they were driven away by Jianlu, and went to the Datong River, to any place with stones, and transported cartloads of stones as large as millstones, and piled them in front of Jianlu's barracks.There are piles and piles of them, and it is scary to look at them.

Jianlu was also quite arrogant. He told the defenders on top of Pyongyang City that I was going to flood Pyongyang City with a sea of ​​catapults!

Even more than that, after the carts finished transporting the stones, they began to dig soil and pack them into bags within the sight of Pyongyang defenders, and bag after bag were transported to the side of the catapult, piled up like a hill.This is to tell the defenders on the head of Pyongyang that, in addition to the catapults, they will also pile up mountains of earth, fill up the moat, and fill up the city walls.

All of this was done under the eyes of the defenders at the top of Pyongyang, just to let them see it.

By the evening, Jianlu was almost ready.As far as the eye can see outside the city, there are countless catapults, piles of stones, and dirt bags like hills, all placed there flauntingly.

Seeing the defenders on the head of Pyongyang City, they felt nervous again, but they still had some comfort.His Excellency the governor personally sits in town, and has already worked hard on the city defense.Outside the city of Pyongyang, there is not only a moat, but also the ground has been dug uneven, with large pits and small pits. Jianlu could not push the catapult close to use just these.Moreover, there are a lot of artillery on the top of the city.If Jianlu wants to use catapults to attack the city, he will first pay a huge price.

However, they seemed to have guessed what the defenders at the top of the city would think. At some point, they saw groups of prisoners in the distance, driving the Korean people to the barracks.With this number, there are at least tens of thousands of people.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was familiar with Jianlu's fighting style, couldn't help but sink in his heart when he saw it. It was obvious that Jianlu obviously expected this. They were going to use the lives of these Korean people to fill up all the injustices outside the city and lay a solid foundation for Jianlu's siege. Be ready for anything.

Lu Xiangsheng had to admit that Jianlu had indeed made very thorough preparations in order to capture Pyongyang City.It seems that the battle in Pyongyang is more difficult than I imagined. I don’t know how long I can last?
However, things have reached this point, and only the soldiers can cover up the water and the earth!

At night, Jianlu had already started to drive away the Korean people and began to fill in the pits outside the city.When the sky was bright, more than half of the outside of the city had been filled.

Afterwards, all the army of Jianlu came out, and all of them were listed outside the city of Pyongyang.

The cavalry roared and walked around the city, with the sound of horseshoes and shouts, mixed with the sound of rushing towards the head of Pyongyang city.

As for the Jianlu infantry and archers, they lined up in teams, and the number alone was at least tens of thousands.Other pawns stood beside the catapults, waiting for the false emperor Taiji to give an order, and then pushed the catapults together to force the city into the soil.

There were even some soldiers, all shirtless, who had already begun to carry the stones as big as millstones, loading them one by one, and parked behind the catapults, ready to provide stone bullets for the catapults.

In addition, there are about seven or eight thousand North Korean civilians, dressed in rags, who were forced to the side of the soil bag by Jian captives with knives and guns.Judging from this posture, it is to force the North Korean people to carry soil bags to fill the moat.

Everything looks ready.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Ming army and the Korean army were also waiting in full battle. A big battle was about to begin.

At this time, Huang Taiji came out of the barracks majestically under the guard of honor of the emperor, surrounded by many leaders of Jianlu.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Nearly 10 people knelt down and shouted in unison, the momentum was exceptionally huge!

With a wave of Huang Taiji's hand, the densely packed heads of people outside the city stood up and down like waves.

Looking at all this, Huang Taiji was extremely satisfied: the Qing army is invincible, anyone who dares to fight against the Qing will be crushed by his own army!
Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Fan Wencheng who was wearing armor and said, "Fan Qing, go and shout out. I will give Lu Xiangsheng a chance to surrender unconditionally immediately, otherwise the city of Pyongyang will be destroyed and no one will be left behind!"

When he said this, he remembered that the Ming emperor actually released senior Ming officials twice and asked him to surrender unconditionally.

Haha, this time, I also want the feudal officials of the Ming Dynasty to surrender unconditionally.Anyway, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was just talking, but I will never just talk, this is the last chance, and I have to be obsessed.

Here, Fan Wencheng received the order and had no choice but to step forward to shout again.

But this time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer him at all, and answered him with a sharp arrow with a "whoosh".

Fortunately, Fan Wencheng had been on guard for a long time, and quickly raised the shield at hand to block it in time.

With a sound of "ding", the sharp arrow fell to the ground, but the shock made Fan Wencheng's arm feel a little uncomfortable, which made him secretly surprised, this Lu Xiangsheng's supernatural power really lived up to his reputation!
Huang Taiji saw this situation from a distance behind, and he knew what Lu Xiangsheng meant on the top of the city without Fan Wencheng coming back to report it.

So, he stretched out his hand and pulled out his saber, slammed towards the top of Pyongyang city, and shouted sharply: "Proclaim my will, attack the city!"

"Woooooooo..."

More than a dozen horns were blown at the same time, echoing over the city of Pyongyang, marking the beginning of the Battle of Pyongyang.

Outside the city of Pyongyang, Jianlu first used knives and guns to force the Korean people to carry heavy bags of soil and began to rush towards the moat.

Of course, the city will not let them fill up the moat just because they are Korean people.The rain of arrows began to cover, and immediately, blood stained the land outside Pyongyang.

When the Korean people advance, they will be shot by the defenders at the top of the city, and if they retreat, they will be executed on the spot by Jianlu, who supervises the battle.In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, and it is applicable to any common people.At this moment, their lives are not even as good as dogs.Forced by the enemy, he died on this land outside Pyongyang, and even his body was thrown into the moat.

At the same time, there was another movement in the Jianlu army.The catapults began to move slowly together with the military orders from Jianlu's side, and under the impetus of many Jianlu.Some huge catapults even used animal power to pull fibers.

Tens of thousands of Jianlu archers also drove towards the city of Pyongyang in groups.Holding step bows in their hands, they spread out and waited until they were within range, then used their rain of arrows to approach the catapults to reduce unnecessary losses.

The war machine has been activated. From the beginning of the battle of Pyongyang, Jianlu has used all his strength to give Pyongyang a thunderous blow.

On the head of Pyongyang City, Lu Xiangsheng watched all this with a calm face, and then passed down a series of military orders.

By this time, the defenders on the top of the city had no free time to be afraid.With the passing of the military order, they also started to move.

Outside the city, Huang Taiji pointed at the top of Pyongyang City, and asked with a smile: "When do you think Pyongyang City can be descended?"

"Father, my son thinks that if you don't use it for an hour, if you throw a few rounds of catapults, this city of Pyongyang belongs to our Qing Dynasty!" Hauge was the first to reply, his voice was loud, joyful, and cheerful .

Yue Tuo also played with a smile: "Your Majesty will kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, it will definitely depend on a battle!"

When the others heard this, people carrying people in flowery sedan chairs clearly wanted to go down to Pyongyang in a single battle. At this time, if they didn't say a word, they would have objected to the emperor's brilliance and martial arts!

After hearing what they said, Huang Taiji immediately burst out laughing.

This battle really took him a lot of thought, and he even mobilized most of the troops that could be mobilized in the Qing Dynasty, just for the goshawk to fight the rabbit, and succeeded in one blow, preventing the war from dragging on for a long time.

Now, seeing all the results being put into practice, Huang Taiji is of course happy, feeling complacent.

However, at this moment, a rider suddenly came galloping, and seeing the banner on his back, it turned out to be [-] miles in a hurry.

Except for the Jianlu who went into the war, all the other Jianlu were a little surprised when they saw the urgent messenger from eight hundred miles away. They didn't know what was going on, and turned their heads to pay attention.

Huang Taiji also saw it. For some reason, he felt a bad feeling in his heart.

When did this feeling start?It seems that it was caused by Daishan!Could it be that something bad happened suddenly this time?

As he thought about it, the courier who had been in a hurry for eight hundred miles arrived at Yuqian, was stopped by the yellow jacket for verification, and then immediately let him pass before Huang Taiji's eyes.

"Your Majesty, Haizhou is under attack by the Ming army. It is extremely urgent!" After saying this, the messenger fell to the ground, and even the long tube containing the memorial was unable to remove it from his body.

When Huang Taiji and the leader of Jianlu beside him heard this, they were all stunned.They never expected that Haizhou would be attacked by the Ming army, and they rushed to ask for help.Isn't Dorgon in Tashan? Where did the Ming army come from?what is going on?

With doubts in his mind, Huang Taiji quickly unfolded the memorial presented in his yellow jacket and started reading it immediately.

Everyone immediately stared at Huang Taiji, trying to see something from his face.At this time, the massive siege seemed to have been forgotten by them.

I saw Huang Taiji's eyeballs rolling, and after looking at it for a while, suddenly, his face changed, becoming extremely ugly, even uglier than when he was sweating to death.

In this urgent memorial from Haizhou, it is said that a large number of Ming cavalry appeared outside Haizhou City, at least tens of thousands of them, and they all carried the heads of many money rat tails. After preliminary verification, it should be He is the leader of the Qing army in Tashan. That is to say, the Qing army in Tashan was defeated miserably in nine out of ten cases, and the entire army might be wiped out.Now that Haizhou is in critical condition, I implore Huang Taiji to send reinforcements quickly.Otherwise, if Haizhou falls, the Ming army will threaten Anshan Yibao, the gateway to Liaoyang.

Huang Taiji squeezed the memorial, his eyes were red, and he looked up at the battle of Pyongyang that was beginning in front of him.

If he withdraws his troops and returns to aid at this time, he will definitely not be reconciled.He didn't know how much thought he had spent on the layout of the Pyongyang battle, how much manpower and material resources the Qing Dynasty had spent, how could he return without success!However, the speed of soldiers is very important, and the rescue of soldiers is like putting out a fire, and there is no delay.

However, he still didn't believe it, and felt that Haizhou's memorial was exaggerated.

Among other things, in order to prevent this possible situation, Huang Taiji asked Dorgon to lead more than 1 horses to garrison Tashan, just to prevent any changes from the Guanning Army.In addition, with his authorization, Dorgon went to negotiate with Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao in Ming Dynasty, about King De.He believed that the matter was related to the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and Hong Chengchou, as a servant of the Zhu family, must be treated with care.If he dared to send troops under such circumstances, King De would undoubtedly die. Can Hong Chengchou bear this responsibility?
From all these, Huang Taiji once again confirmed that this memorial must be exaggerated.With Dorgon's ability, counting the time, how many days have passed, it is absolutely impossible to fail miserably.

After thinking about this, he came back to his senses and found that everyone was looking at him, and many of them had worried faces.

So, a smile suddenly appeared on Huang Taiji's fat face and he said: "It's nothing, it's just harassment by the Ming army! Zhu Qing, take down Pyongyang City first, and then teach the Guan Ning army a lesson!"

(End of this chapter)