I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Redemption by death!"

After the words fell, Chen Shangren committed suicide with a knife.

Under his body, the gate of the city burst open, and countless slaves rushed into Xiping Fort holding brightly colored banners.

Chapter 82 No offense

The slave riders galloped back and forth, stepping on the blood-soaked frozen soil under Xiping Fort, and started a new round of slaughter.

Nurha was dressed in sable fur, standing at the place where Luo Yiguan and Chen Shangren committed suicide, there was no excitement on his face.

Without it, because the time to break through a Xiping Fort has far exceeded his expectation.

It took tens of thousands of troops to attack an earthen castle guarded by only [-] Ming troops, and it took two days, and the number of people injured was twice as many as that of the Ming troops.

Every time he thought of this, Nurhachi became even more angry.

If this is the case in the next towns of the Ming Dynasty, then Dajin will never be able to enter the customs!

Holding the big knife, Nurhachi turned his head and said, "Cut off the heads of these two Ming dogs and hang them on the top of the city. In Xiping Fort, no one will be left alive!"

In fact, before Nurhachi ordered the massacre of the city, the Houjin soldiers and horses who entered the city had already started to move. Whether this order was given or not, the soldiers and civilians of Xipingbao would definitely not have a living.

Ever since Nurhaci was constantly harassed by Mao Wenlong, this unwritten rule appeared in the Jin army. Every time a city in Liaodi was broken, the light men would be slaughtered, and the most serious ones would be destroyed.

In the city, the Hou Jin army was still slaughtering with knives. A Goshha ran back from a distance, got off his horse and knelt down and said, "I am profusely sweating. There is a large Ming army coming from the south. It is Guangning's reinforcements."

Nurhachi squinted, panting and asked:

"Who leads the army?"

"Back to the Great Khan, it is Sun Degong, with an army of about [-]." Geshha dared not neglect, and said hastily.

Hearing this, Nurhachi was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed wildly.

Wang Huazhen didn't know that his confidant Sun Degong had sent a private message to Nurhachi long ago, and secretly lowered the money.

Judging from Nurhachi's many years of combat experience with the Ming army in Liaodong, whether the Ming army can have combat effectiveness mainly depends on who the governor and general are.

The brave generals lead the team, and the Ming army is a group of lions.

Xiping Fort is the best example. The [-] Ming army was led by Luo Yitong. Although the entire army was wiped out in the end, the Hou Jin army paid double the price.

But right now, a traitor like Sun Degong is coming, and a fool like Wang Huazhen is dispatched from the rear.

Not to mention 13, but [-], that is a flock of sheep.

Thinking of this, Nurhachi bared his canine teeth wantonly, and said with a smirk: "I'm afraid Wang Huazhen is not a fool, and this idiot Sun Degong can fool him around."

"God bless Dajin, Zhu Ming's life is exhausted!" Hong Taiji also laughed beside him.

Immediately, Nurhaci ordered the Jin army to withdraw from Xiping Fort, and the whole team faced it, and took the initiative to attack the Ming army who came to help.

Since Sun Degong had become a traitor, this dispatch of troops was a farce from the beginning to the end.

The Ming army was originally smaller than the Houjin army, but Sun Degong divided the left and right wings, and ordered the general Qi Bingzhong to go into battle, while he retreated to the rear.

Soon, Hong Taiji led the slave cavalry, the vanguard of the two yellow banners, and came to fight with Qi Bingzhong.

"Commander, General Qi has encountered more than [-] slaves and is fighting hard, please help!"

Looking at the blood-covered pacesetters rushing out of the enemy formation, Sun Degong sneered in his heart, but he didn't give an order directly.

"Boss--?"

The Ming army in the rear is still waiting for the order of the chief general Sun Degong, and many people are gearing up for a big battle.

At this time, Sun Degong panicked and asked seriously: "Defeated?"

"Defeated!" the lieutenant shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Sun Degong immediately led his own soldiers and fled out of the battle first, and the rest of the lieutenants had already made an appointment with him to surrender the gold, and then fled away.

The head coach and several major lieutenants fled quickly, and the personal soldiers disappeared.

The more than [-] Ming troops in the Chinese army looked at each other in dismay, and there was an uproar. They talked for a long time and then dispersed in a flash.

"Why haven't the reinforcements come yet?"

"I don't know, General, let's rush out!"

Qi Bingzhong, who was fighting, saw that he was about to be surrounded by slave cavalry but still had no reinforcements. He struggled for a long time and chose to give up the fight. He pulled his horse and ran to Guangning.

Later, the Jin soldiers took advantage of the situation to hide and kill, and went to the Nanshaling area of ​​Guangning City. Due to the unfavorable terrain, Qi Bingzhong had no choice but to turn around and meet him. After a while, he fled again.

After fleeing for a few miles, Liu Zheng's troops from Guangning came to meet Qi Bingzhong. Together, they gathered more than ten thousand Ming troops and started a big battle with Nurhachi who was chasing him.

In this battle, Lieutenant General Liu Zhengzhong fell off his horse with an arrow, and was about to get back on his horse and fight again, when he was hacked to death by Turge who overtook him.

The guerrilla general Liu Shizhang, Zhonghong Taiji stabbed in the back, pierced through the buttocks, and was nailed to the saddle. Several slave riders came and dragged him to death alive on the horse.

General Qi Bingzhong was hit by two knives and three arrows. Fortunately, he was rescued by his servants.

There were more than [-] reinforcements from Guangning, and the whole army was wiped out near Shaling.

……

A few grains of dust fell in Guangning City dozens of miles away.

Counselor Wang Huazhen raised her head and looked at a stone square standing on the Drum Tower, her eyes were filled with remorse and unwillingness.

This stone square is made of dark purple sandstone, with two dragons playing with pearls and four seasons of flowers carved on it, and the four characters "Tian Chao Hao Coupon" are engraved in official script.

In the eighth year of Wanli, it was built by the imperial court in recognition of the meritorious service of Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

As soon as Wang Huazhen's eyes moved down from the stone square, the school captains rushed to the front of the mansion with flags, reporting loudly one after another.

"Sanchahe was defeated!"

"Xiping Fort has fallen!"

"Wujing Battalion was wiped out in Zhenwu Fort, and Liu Qu died in battle!"

Wang Huazhen's body trembled, it's over, it's over.

His complexion was like a white banner, and his blood was rushing straight to the sky. He could no longer see the self-proclaimed temple as a god before, and was replaced by panic and panic.

"Shaling is defeated!"

"The slave cavalry has retreated!!"

Just as Wang Huazhen collapsed to the ground, there was a burst of cheers in Guangning city, and the news of the Jin army's retreat came from nowhere and quickly swept across the city.

"Retreat, retreat?" Wang Huazhen trembled, as if she couldn't believe it.

A school lieutenant rushed over happily, his voice was hoarse when he came all the way.

"Great victory! Great victory in Yizhou!"

"Mao Wenlong, the general of Zhenjiang, came out of Pidao, won five battles and five victories, and recovered the entire territory of Yizhou. He also captured the fifth son of the slave chieftain, and is escorting him to the capital to test his merits."

"The old slave became furious, took the army to plunder, and turned back to Hetuala!"

The panic-stricken civil servants breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to celebrate.

"Mao Wenlong..." Wang Huazhen muttered the name with complicated emotions written in his eyes.

Not long ago, he told the Ministry of War more than once that Mao Wenlong killed good men for his meritorious service and was greedy for military pay, and suggested that Dongjiang Town be abolished.

He didn't expect that it was Mao Wenlong who saved his life this time.

The next moment, a group of Tiqi came running outside the south gate of Guangning, led by a red official uniform, wearing a flying fish suit, with embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists.

The guard in Jin Yi glanced at everyone, and with sullen tone, asked:

"Who is Wang Huazhen!"

Wang Huazhen's heart tightened, she tidied up her official uniform, and said straightly: "This official is the counselor king of Guangning—"

"Tied up!"

Before he finished speaking, Jin Yiwei said coldly:

"The emperor has a decree. Guangning's counselor Wang Huazhen and the minister of the Ministry of War Zhang Heming formed a party for personal gain and did great things without authorization. They will be imprisoned and returned to the court. Severe punishment!"

"The emperor also said that the Guangning incident should not have happened. It is because of you two that you are greedy for meritorious service, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have suffered because of it."

"Wait, there is no place for punishment!"

"Go away!"

Looking at the Ti Qi who dismounted and came gazing at him, at this moment, Wang Huazhen's sky collapsed, he laughed at himself a few times, and took a few steps back as if accepting his fate.

It seems that I still want to be simple.

It was false that Mao Wenlong saved him, but it was true to kill him with an excuse.

It is false to keep Guangning in the great victory of Yizhou, but it is true to keep Xiong Tingbi.

Chapter 83 Successful trial of gun

Taizi River, whose place name comes from Yan Taizi Dan in the Warring States Period, is a tributary of the Hun River. Its upper reaches have two sources, the north source comes from the south of Xinbin County, and the south source comes from the east of Benxi County.

The Taizi River has gentle water, less sand, and clear water. It depends on the nourishment of the river. The area along the river is lush with lush water plants and many forests.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, it has been an important route for the Liao army.

In a few days, the Guangning army was defeated, and the news that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were in flames came one after another from the direction of Taizihe.

Xiong Tingbi was very worried, but he could only stick to Liaoyang and stop with silence.

On this day, Xiong Tingbi was wearing scale armor, with a stern look on his face, and there were two generals guarding him on both sides. Suddenly, his eyebrows twitched, but a horse came from afar.

Hearing the news, he spit it out into the city with a lump of phlegm in his mouth.

"Nearly [-] armored soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Liao people were wiped out by the Jian captives. What is Wang Huazhen's strategy like today?"

Xiong Tingbi's words were full of sarcasm towards his former enemy Wang Huazhen, but also showed some pity. Xue Laiyin looked at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Although Hou Jin had retreated, Guangning and Shenyang were still plundered by them, and it was not easy to rebuild.

After complaining, Xiong Tingbi remained silent.

The areas around Guangning and Shenyang had already been turned into scorched earth. As the governor of Liaodong, he had too many things to deal with, and he had no time to celebrate the great victory of Yizhou.

In his opinion, it is a sad "great victory" that more than [-] Liao soldiers and civilians exchanged for a Yizhou border that may not be defendable!

The only remarkable thing is that Mao Wenlong captured Mang Gurtai, the fifth son of the slave chieftain.

However, he kept all these words in his heart, not because his temper had changed, but because he was really tired, and he was so tired that he cherished words like gold.

Xiong Tingbi, who was known for his arrogance, withdrawn and unrelenting tongue, remained unusually calm for several days after the war.

As a result, Wang Huazhen moved lightly, and Guangning rekindled the flames of war, as early as he expected.

Secondly, after several years of Liao Dynasty, this kind of loss is not the first time, and he has become numb.

He was just worried, the court held a lot of resentment against him, he was punished for meritorious deeds, and punished for ineffective ones, this disastrous victory, the six divisions of science and dao might have to celebrate again and sharpen their pens.

……

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

The four dragons, phoenixes, and golden rods were parked outside the Dagao Hall, and a row of palace people stood in a row leading lanterns. Zhang Yan walked slowly into the palace to receive congratulations from his wife.

After being congratulated by the court, she changed into ordinary clothes and went to the Longevity Mountain Temple to pray for blessings.

Not long ago, thanks to Zhu Youxiao's "adventure", Zhang Yan became a veritable queen of the palace.

Since then, when Xi Li was out of the palace, Concubine Liu did not once deduct the salary of the palace servants of Kunning Palace, and whenever Zhang Yan was walking, the attendants took care of her wholeheartedly.

Hearing that the Empress was going to climb Longevity Mountain to pray for Daming, the vermilion lacquer railings on the road from Kunning Palace to Longevity Mountain had been carefully wiped down by the palace staff the night before.

At this time, Zhang Yan, holding on to the railing, went up hand in hand with Concubine Yu, and slowly entered the temple.

The two women clasped their hands together and prayed in accordance with the etiquette, wishing that in the coming year, under the emperor's rule, the Ming Dynasty would be under the emperor's control, and the weather would be smooth and the sea and rivers would be clean.

I also wish His Majesty the Emperor a healthy dragon body, long live life, and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

After the ceremony, the two women went to the Liuli Pavilion on the Longevity Mountain to rest for a while. After Zhang Yan sat down with a little panting, Concubine Yu took her seat in order, very well-behaved.

Since Concubine Yu entered the Liuli Pavilion, her expression kept changing, and after she sat down, she just stared at the white jade steps, thoughtful.

Zhang Yan waved her hand to signal the palace servants to go away, and asked with a light smile, "Concubine Yu, what are you thinking?"