I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Just two years ago, the firearms of the Ming army were nothing more than fire sticks. Although they could do a little damage, they were far from what they are today.

Facing the Eight Banners cavalry led by Nurhachi, these Ming troops carrying firearms never caused any real casualties to them.

But right now, the firearms of the Ming army have undergone an overall upgrade within two years, and now even the batch of firearms in the hands of Li Jiajun are brand new.

From the original abolished armaments to the current situation in just a few years, this speed of re-emergence really makes people feel chills.

It seemed that Faming's plan could not be delayed any longer.

Daming, the speed of standing up again has far exceeded his expectations!

Thinking of this, while retreating, Huang Taiji issued an order to withdraw the Eight Jurchen Banners under the city and send the Eight Banners of the Han Army to come up.

As soon as the order was issued, the city gate suddenly opened.

The suspension bridge slowly fell, but Li Xijue, the famous general guarding the city, noticed that the Jin army's formation was in chaos. The Jurchen Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Han Army Eight Banners were re-arranging, and immediately decided to send troops to cover up.

After all, Li Xijue is a veteran who followed Li Chengliang in the battle against Jianzhou. He has rich experience in dealing with the Eight Banners Army and he has good courage.

Before Huang Taiji could take a few steps back, Li Xijue bravely rushed forward with his servants.

For a moment, the servants faced the guards, the generals faced the commander, and the Li family servants who rushed out were fighting with the white-armored soldiers guarding Huang Taiji in an instant.

Jiading is one of the few existences in the Ming army who have experienced many battles, and the guards of Ba Yala are the elite of the Eight Banners carefully selected by Huang Taiji.

When the two enemies met, they were extremely jealous, and for a moment they killed so hard that they couldn't be separated!

Li Xijue's ability to lead troops is not very good, but he is very courageous, and he is not afraid of death at all. He is always the first to rush out in battle, and he treats his subordinates with "justice".

With such a reckless general taking the lead, the morale of the Xindianbao Ming army was very high.

Although the number of his servants is small, all of them are veterans who have followed him through life and death for many years. A small number of them have participated in the battles during Li Chengliang's period, so they can be called the elite of the elite.

They rushed out of the city one by one, like a tiger descending a mountain, even more like a dragon going out to sea, surrounded Li Xijue, fighting more and more fiercely, the more they killed, the more they rose up.

A servant yelled, stepped forward and kicked the white-armored Tartar soldier who had fallen off his horse, stepped up a few steps, and cut his head and face with a knife.

The knife was so powerful that even the lightning rod iron helmet on the white-armored Tartar soldier's head was split into two pieces.

Behind him, a white-armored Tatar soldier also went crazy, and threw a big knife on a servant, clenched his fists, and greeted that servant's head like raindrops.

The two were entangled together, but in the end it was the white-armored Tartar soldier who was stronger and won the battle, riding the servant fiercely under him.

One punch, another punch.

The Baijia Tartar soldiers hit the servant until his face was bloody and bloody, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he lost his last breath before giving up.

On the entire battlefield, the Jurchen Eight Banners quickly adjusted and began to move forward.

But the Eight Banners of the Han Army were in disarray. They and the Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers, Wuyang Wuyang, retreated and scattered.

Li Xijue killed several white-armored Tartar soldiers in a row, saw Nu Chief's yellow dragon umbrella in front of him, raised his knife horizontally, and shouted loudly:

"Kill the slave chief!"

"Rush forward and kill the slave chiefs! Avenge the Han compatriots who died in vain in Liaodong!"

Hearing this sound, Huang Taiji sighed when he saw Li Xijue who looked like a madman in front of him, and all the servants of the Ming army who were covered in blood beside him.

At present, it is obviously impossible to attack Xindian in one go. The battle situation is already chaotic, and no matter how many people come here, it will not help.

He glanced at the four-cornered watchtower at the top of the city with hatred, turned around and said:

"Send the order to retreat for twenty miles!"

With an order, the Jurchen Eight Banners stopped moving forward and retreated in an orderly manner.

When Li Xijue saw it, he also knew that although Jiannu was defeated, the Jurchen Eight Banners, the main force, still had a stable morale, so he ordered to return to the army and stop pursuing them.

That night, the Hou Jin army had already retreated for [-] miles, and came to the foot of a small mountain to set up camp. After counting, they found that there were many casualties.

Sitting in the sweat tent, Huang Taiji was furious.

Chapter 733 Dorgon's Suggestion

"Cut off their sacrificial flags for me!"

"To comfort the spirits of the Jurchen warriors who died in battle!" Huang Taiji said angrily, punching the table with a fist:

"My Dajin has been resting and recuperating for two years. As soon as the war started, I suffered such a serious injury under the small Xindian Fort. This revenge must be avenged!"

"Then Li Xijue, this Khan will kill him!"

With an order, the twelve bound Mongolian and Han Jin generals were taken down by the white-armored guards. After a while, their yelling stopped abruptly.

Leng Sengji, the commander of the first guard, came forward and said in a deep voice:

"Khan, they've all been killed!"

"This group of Han people failed to succeed and failed! Ben Khan told them to advance, but they broke up. Ben Khan told them to retreat, but they blocked the way of the army!"

"If it weren't for them, how could my Dajin suffer such heavy casualties today!"

The more Huang Taiji thought about it, the angrier he became, he beat the table several times one after another, his heart was extremely irritable, and he wished to kill a few more people to vent his anger.

When something like this happened, the rest of the Hanchens and Mongols didn't dare to vent their anger, and looked at each other in blank dismay, but the Jurchen princes Baylor shouted angrily.

Azige said: "Tell me to lead Zhenghongqi to charge again, tear off Li Xijue's head and use it as a chamber pot for Da Khan!"

Dorobel Dege has been brooding all the time, looking at the Han Banner generals beside him, he said in a strange way:

"We were attacked by those Nikans today. Otherwise, if we fight back, it will only take a moment to wrap Li Xijue in the middle and wipe them out!"

"The next battle, let our Jurchen warriors fight, so as not to let these Nikan go into battle, the more you help, the more chaos!"

Dorgon shook his head when he heard these nonsense that was useless to change the situation, stood up and said straightforwardly:

"Khan, this slave thinks that the time to attack Xindian Fort has not yet come. Once the Ming army from the other three forts sends reinforcements, I, Dajin, will be in a disadvantageous position."

Huang Taiji frowned and asked:

"Then according to what the fourteenth brother said, what should we do next?"

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads and looked over.

Dorgon said calmly: "Dadian Fort and Changdian Fort have already been captured by our Dajin, so it doesn't make much sense to be obsessed with taking down the other four castles guarded by the Ming army."

"The defense line of the Six Forts of Kuandian has been breached. Dajin can leave some troops to guard Dadian Fort and Changdian Fort, and block the way back. The army will turn around and go south to attack the neighboring North Korea!"

"To win North Korea, even if I, Da Jin, retreat immediately, it can be said to have won."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng thought it was not enough at first, but after careful consideration, he turned his head and looked at Dorgon in shock.

This method can be described as dredging from the bottom of the pot, avoiding the edge of the Ming army, taking the advantage of the Dajin cavalry as the main force, and taking down North Korea, which has a weak army.

And the battle won by the Ming army will become useless, and it won't even have a big impact on the battle situation.

As long as North Korea is taken down, Dajin will have no threat from the south, which is of great strategic significance.

Not simple, this Dorgon is definitely not simple!

Such a vicious gaze at such an age!

"The strength of the Korean army is far inferior to that of the Ming army two years ago. With the Mobei tribes restraining Xiong Tingbi's main force, the Ming army is out of reach. Our Jurchen warriors are worth a thousand horses. If we want to attack the North Korean royal city, it will take less than five days." .”

After Dorgon finished speaking, he stood back with a cold expression.

On the other hand, Huang Taiji was overwhelmed, the more he heard it, the more frightened he became. This fourteenth brother, at such a young age, led the army for the first time, and he was able to see the battle situation so thoroughly!

Not as good as him, I am not as good as him...!

Although Huang Taiji didn't want to adopt Dorgon's opinion and boost his prestige, he knew in his heart that this was indeed the key to turning the tide of the battle.

He pondered for a moment, looked around the crowd and said:

"What the fourteenth brother said is very much in line with my wishes. The Dajinjing has been defeated. We must wait for the opportunity to fight the Ming army again. Tomorrow, we will pull out the camp and conquer North Korea!"

"As ordered!"

Everyone said.

Compared with Huang Taiji's restlessness, the Ming army in Xindianbao were all beaming.

Li Xijue never thought that his desperate fight would lead to such a beautiful victory, so he took out all the wine and meat that night to reward the three armies.

Through this great victory, the Ming army defending the city saw hope, their morale was greatly encouraged, and they resumed their drills when Houjin did not attack.

At the same time, Li Xijue's reputation also began to spread in Liaodong.

……

Kuandian.

After hearing that Jin's big situation was coming, and the two forts of Dadian and Changdian had fallen, Cao Wenzhao was extremely anxious, so he raised his account in Kuandian Fort.

Of the six forts in Kuandian, five of them can only be called fortresses, and only Kuandian Fort can be called a "city".

Kuandian Fort is the only real town within [-] miles nearby. The arms, food and salaries of the Ming army in the six forts of Kuandian are also located here.

Kuandian Fort was built in the first year of Wanli. Before the castle was built, the local people called it Kuandianzi.

After the castle was built, the [-] troops stationed in Xianshanbao moved here. After that, the imperial court opened the only tile market within [-] miles of Kuandianbao, so the population gradually flourished.

In the 36th year of Wanli, in order to strengthen the frontier preparations, Xiong Tingbi, who was appointed by Liaodong Economic Strategy, was used for the second time to rebuild the Six Forts of Kuandian, expand Kuandian Fort, and add brick walls.

The current Kuandian Fort can also be said to be Kuandian County, and its population and housing size can already be counted as an ordinary county in Liaodong.

There are three gates in Kuandian Fort, wide in the north and narrow in the south, in the shape of a ladder. The north of the city is surrounded by mountains and has no gates. There is a bell and drum tower in the city, and a turret at each of the four corners. There are [-] registered troops.

The [-] garrisons are not the Li family's army whose numbers are unknown in Dadianbao, Changdianbao, and Xindianbao, but the [-] Liaodong New Army who are loyal to the imperial court.

Its combat effectiveness, morale, and equipment are not comparable to the Li family's army.

As an important military base to contain the post-Jin conquest of North Korea, the imperial court added ten Hongyi heavy cannons, more than [-] Franc guns, and as many as [-] large and small copper and iron cannons in Kuandian Fort to defend the city.

In addition, in addition to the city defense sequence, Cao Wenzhao's [-] Liao troops were equipped with [-] new-style suppression guns that could be used in field battles.

This new type of suppressing captive artillery can not only be used as a naval shipborne artillery, but also the main artillery commonly equipped by the Ming army on the nine frontiers.

After the victory in the second Penghu naval battle, the Armament Division added the sight and sight devices seized from the Dutch warship and successfully imitated to the Zhenlu Cannon, which greatly enhanced the accuracy of the Zhenlu Cannon.

Although the range of the Zhenlu Cannon is not as good as the Hongyi Heavy Cannon, it is farther than any kind of artillery in the hands of the Houjin Army nowadays, and it can achieve long-range firepower suppression against the Houjin Army in field battles.

The most important thing is that the Zhenlu Cannon is much lighter and easier to carry than the Hongyi Cannon and the heavy General Cannon. Even if the battle fails, there will be enough time to destroy or hide it, so it is almost impossible to be captured by the Later Jin Army. Condition.

Chapter 734 The Great Earthquake in Shanxi

"See the main town!"

All the generals gathered in the lobby of Kuandian Fort, and after clasping their fists together, they all looked at the man above.

Cao Wenzhao had a slender face and a burly figure. He wore a Xuanwu helmet made by the Ming Dynasty General Soldier on his head, and looked around at the crowd.

In the midst of the solemnity, he suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha!"

"Okay, wow!"

"That Li Xijue, I originally thought he was an idiot like Chai Rong, but unexpectedly, he still has some real skills!"

Cao Bianjiao at the bottom also said: "Yes, Uncle, Li Xijue is over forty years old, but it is really not easy to win such a big victory like now!"

Everyone laughed at Yan Yan, and suddenly one of the generals asked:

"General Town, although Li Xijue won the battle, he killed the general Chai Rong of Dadianbao before the battle, and killed the Shangguan without authorization. This crime is really not small if you count it."

There was also a guerrilla general who looked worried and sighed: "Yes, I'm afraid the civil servants in the court will not let it go."

Cao Wenzhao snorted coldly and slapped the case with his palm.

"What can they do? I heard in this town that Li Xijue led his servants to stand out when he changed ranks before and after the establishment of slaves, and killed the white-armored Tartar soldiers around the slave chiefs!"

"Not everyone has this kind of courage, not to mention that he was almost killed in front of the slave chief!"

"Such a meritorious service, can it not be worth the crime of killing Chai Rong?"

"Report the facts to His Majesty. Your Majesty is the Lord of Sages. He will definitely not embarrass the generals who have made meritorious deeds and chill the morale of the frontier army!"

"The general understands!" The general nodded, and then said again: "The general town, Dadian Fort, and Changdian Fort have been lost, how should we take precautions?"

Cao Wenzhao was also thinking about this issue recently, but he didn't say anything first, instead he looked at his nephew and asked:

"Bian Jiao, tell me your opinion."