Chongzhen chat group

Chapter 98
In the arrow tower at the top of the city, Hu Guang was also in a slightly high mood, and said to the excited Man Gui: "I remind you of one thing, the purpose of this battle to defend the capital is to kill and injure as many captives as possible, not to attack the city. Just guarding the capital, this point, Qing must be aware of it, understand?"

"The last general understands!" Man Gui is very confident at this time, after all, the emperor has already done various things for him, and keeping the city is the most basic.

Hu Guang nodded and said: "On the Shanhaiguan side, Zu Dashou has led more than ten thousand of Guanning's most elite troops to rescue Changli, and the Jianlu in Changli is mainly composed of Mongolian tribes. The victory or defeat will be determined within a few days. There is news, what do you think the result will be?"

Man Gui heard it, thought carefully, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, as long as Zu Dashou makes up his mind, he will definitely not lose!"

He had also stayed in Guanning before, and now he is in the capital to understand the No. 1 strength of both the enemy and us in Changli. His answer should be the most reliable.

After hearing this, Hu Guang smiled and said: "I expect Zu Dashou not to be careless, so at least the battle of Changli will not be defeated. In this way, when the news spreads here, Jianlu may have the intention to retreat. You can understand my intention." mean?"

Man Gui is not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, the Nu Chief can basically guess how Jianlu will act after receiving the news of the results of the Changli battle. Therefore, he once again assured him loudly: "The end will be within these two days. As long as Jianlu dares to Attacking the city will definitely kill and injure the Jianlu in large numbers!"

At this moment, the eunuch Gao Shiyue sent back to the palace returned, and the telescope appeared in front of the emperor.

Hu Guang took the binoculars, which were very simple and old-fashioned. He looked at them for a while, and then turned his head with the binoculars to look at the Jianlu camp in the distance.

This telescope is about four or five times the size, and you have to close one eye to look at it, so the effect is average.

Hu Guang looked at it for a while, then handed the telescope to Man Gui in a strange way: "I leave this thing to Qing, so I can observe it more carefully. Man Qing has a look, does Jianlu usually eat at this time?" ?”

Countless cooking smoke rose from the Jianlu camp, obviously a fire was cooking, and this could be seen without binoculars.Man Gui turned his head and saw it, and immediately reported to Hu Guang: "Return to Your Majesty, Jianlu wants to eat and attack the city, and the battle will be earlier than expected."

"So that's the case!" Hu Guang nodded.

The city has long been prepared for defense, so it doesn't matter whether Jianlu advances or not.Neither Man Gui nor Hu Guang panicked.

At this time, the fire was just cooking, and there was still a lot of time before Jianlu went to war, so Man Gui did not immediately persuade the emperor to leave.He took the binoculars with both hands, followed Hu Guang's example, and brought them close to his eyes.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, I was shocked when I saw it, and then turned to look at Hu Guang with surprise on his face: "Your Majesty, what is this thing that is so amazing?"

At that time, the telescope was indeed a magical thing for the people of Ming Dynasty, so that the Westerners paid tribute to the emperor and wrote "Theory of the Mirror" to make themselves famous.

But this thing, for future generations, as long as they have attended middle school, the principle of this thing must be clear, so Hu Guang said indifferently: "It's nothing magical, it's nothing more than the principle of using a convex lens. The telescope multiples It’s not too high, and it’s not far enough to see, I’ll make some man-made ones later, and distribute them to the army for use!”

Man Gui's eyes widened when he heard that, first he looked surprised, then turned into admiration, and said happily: "This is really great, Your Majesty is really a god!"

As a straightforward martial artist, it is rare for him to flatter the emperor face to face, so it can be seen that he really cares about this telescope.

Li Fengxiang, Gao Shiyue and others heard that this is not bad, you are flattering Man Gui, how can I wait behind, and quickly followed up: "Your Majesty, you are really a god! This slave is so admired!"

The corners of Hu Guang's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this, what's so great about that?He suddenly remembered something, and asked Man Gui, "Man Qing, are you illiterate?"

Hearing this, Man Gui felt a little embarrassed. He involuntarily stretched out his hand to scratch the back of his head, but found that he was wearing a helmet, so he put his hand down again, and said a little embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the last general has been fighting. No chance to read and write!"

Man Gui was not from a noble family, and it is reasonable for him to be illiterate.In fact, it wasn't just him. Many military generals in the late Ming Dynasty, except for those from aristocratic families, such as Wu Sangui, were generally illiterate.

After hearing this, Hu Guang pondered for a while and said: "Man Qing's words are wrong. As long as you really want to learn, there is still time for reading and literacy. If you want to improve your skills, reading and literacy is inevitable. Since Don't worry, I'll make arrangements for you later."

"..." Man Gui was speechless. At his age, he still needs to learn to read?But he could tell that the emperor was really doing it for his own good, so he immediately thanked him.

"Okay, I won't delay your commanding the battle." Hu Guang turned his head to look outside the city, then turned his head and said to Man Gui, "Just like before, I was on the arrow tower on the inner wall, watching the soldiers kill Enemy, beat the drums and cheer for the soldiers!"

When Man Gui heard this, he thought for a while and then said: "Your Majesty, if Jianlu has artillery or a large trebuchet, please use the dragon body as the most important thing, and the archery tower on the inner wall is not safe!"

"You don't need to tell me, I know it." After Hu Guang finished speaking, he drove to the inner wall archery building.

After Man Gui sent Hu Guang away, he immediately sent an order that the Jian captives were about to attack. The emperor watched from the watchtower on the inner wall and beat the drums in person to cheer. Anyone who dares to neglect the military situation will be severely punished!
Upon hearing this military order, the soldiers, whose morale was already high, suddenly became overwhelmed with excitement.Just imagine, since the past dynasties, there has been an army that would have been treated like this, and the emperor would personally beat drums to cheer him on!

On the archery tower on the inner wall, war drums were found and set up one after another. Eunuchs with long arms and wide waists stood there with drumsticks in both hands, waiting for the battle to start and beat the drums to cheer.

What, Hu Guang didn't take the drumstick?This is the emperor, okay? The eunuch is beating the drum, and the emperor is watching from the sidelines. This is the emperor himself beating the drum to cheer!
At this time, Hu Guang entered the chat group consciously, saw Liu Wang's message, and clicked to listen.

"Purdue sentient beings, fighting has already started on the top of the city wall, and there are Jian captives on the west and south sides of the city wall, at least twice as many as the previous few times."

"Pursue sentient beings, the county lord issued an order to let women and other women with some strength have to carry the wounded and bandage them."

Just these two messages, left a message about half an hour ago, and then there is no more. Obviously, the battle in Changli should be fierce, and Liu Wang has been busy all the time without leaving a message.

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