Chapter 48: The surging battle clouds, the blood rain in Liaodong (2)
There were constant quarrels in the tent of the governor of Liaodong Wang Huazhen. Sun Degong, a travel record in Guangning, relied on Wang Huazhen's iron-core confidant and Liaodong General Liu Qu, and Liaoning General Qi Bingzhong, the general of Liaoning, had a fierce quarrel over whether to rescue Xining Fort.
Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong who was eager to recover Xining Fort, made a decision at Shaling Post to block the attack of the Jurchens and waited for an opportunity to rescue Xining Fort.
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On the 23rd day of the first lunar month of the first year of Tianqi, Zhang Ping'an led more than 10,000 cavalry, 15,000 auxiliary soldiers, and drove 13,000 sleds and carriages. He came out at night and ambushed in the valley more than ten miles northeast of Guangning. This time, Zhang Ping'an brought almost all the auxiliary soldiers of Ponu City.
Zhang Ping'an saw with satisfaction that due to his purging of military discipline, the entire camp was silent except for the occasional neighing of war horses.
Zhang Ping'an bets on his entire family this time. He believed that the only one who poses the greatest threat to Ponucheng now is the Mongolian Duoyan tribe. So he also transferred Xu Zhen tribe and Liu Chong tribe to Chen Pang to lead. All the auxiliary soldiers of Ponucheng were dispatched, and he personally took it to participate in the battle.
Zhang Ping'an sat on the stool of the commander's tent and looked at the information that Xu Yian had just heard. His face gradually became solemn. He said to the old brother in the commander's tent: "The Ming army was defeated! All the defenders of Xining Fort were killed. In Shaling, Liaodong general Liu Qu and Liao general Qi Bingzhong were killed in battle! Their deputy general Liu Zheng, the general Hei Yunhe, the guerrilla Zhang Mingxian, and Li Maochun were killed in battle! The dog's rookie Sun Degong not only fled first, but also disrupted the morale of the army. When the battle was at its most intense, he not only did not advance, but also shouted: Defeated! Defeated! Wang Huazhen also ran away, but we don't have to worry about him, the Ming court will not let him go!"
Zhang Ping'an shouted, stood up and shouted angrily: "I want Sun Degong! If you catch him, I want him to live well!"
Zhang Ping'an ordered Hu Ming: "You send an order to Xu Yi'an! If you want him to find Luo Yiguan's family, you must protect them!"
Hu Ming stood up to take the order and quickly walked out of the handsome tent.
Before Zhang Ping'an could sit down, Hu Ming, who had just left the door, rushed in like a whirlwind: "Master! Guangning is urgently in military affairs! Our scout just caught three people, and it was Sun Degong who sent him to contact the Jurchen messenger. Sun Degong rebelled! He wanted to present Guangning to the Tartars! Wang Huazhen also ran away from Guangning!"
Zhang Ping'an immediately ordered: "Hu Ming! Take a thousand personal soldiers of the Mongolqin Tartars who were dressed up in Mongolia, and set off immediately! Take the surrendered Mongolians to deceive Guangning City! These three messengers choose the most feared death guide. In front of him, play those who do not cooperate to death! Make him hesitate to pee his pants! We will enter the city at dusk, and I will be five miles behind you! Others act according to the pre-war plan! Go quickly!"
At the second hour of the winter, the sun was already setting. Sun Degong stood on Guangning City. He had just received a report that outside Guangning City, more than a thousand Mongolians who were under the banner of Mongolian Korqin and helped the white cloth with their right arm were calling the city. He was very upset at this time and shouldn't have yelled to vote for the Jurchens as soon as he returned to the city. As a result, Wang Huazhen ran away! He lost the biggest weight to seek credit. He didn't expect that the Jurchens would come so quickly.
The messenger he sent was under the city gate, and was held on his neck by a Mongolian with a knife. He felt it was normal at this time. After all, it was difficult for the Jurchens to believe his words immediately. But seeing that there was only one messenger, he asked, "Erhu! What's going on? What about Yu Qi and the others?"
This was called Erhu's messenger by Sun Degong, and he shouted to Sun Degong on the city in tremblingly: "Sir! They are still in the camp of Huang Taiji Beile behind. Huang Taiji Beile doesn't believe what you say. He said: If you really surrender, let the Korqin Mongolian cavalry enter the city! If it is fake, kill me in front of you! Then attack the city!"
After hearing what he said, Sun Degong felt relieved. After all, anyone who was in this situation would be afraid of becoming like this. The Jurchens asked the Mongols to test it because they were afraid that he would surrender and cause the Jurchens to suffer too much. So he no longer doubted and ordered his men to put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate.
After a creaking and harsh sound, the suspension bridge slammed into the snow with a loud bang, rolling up snowflakes. As soon as the city gate opened, these Mongolian cavalry rushed into the city gate quickly with the wind and snow. They knocked open the Ming army, which was still opening the door, and rushed to the city gate tower. The personal soldiers beside Sun Degong were quickly disarmed!
A strong Ming man in Jurchen armor quickly walked to Sun Degong. He lifted him up and threw him to the ground and shouted: "Tie! Send a signal to the general!" Three fireworks rushed into the sky.
Sun Degong, who was so angry that he was almost kicked by the rope, cried and begged: "Don't get me wrong! I really want to sweat a lot! I want to see you sweat a lot!"
Hu Ming smiled sinisterly: "You will see our handsome guy soon!"
The roar of war horses sounded in the night sky. The whole of Guangning was in chaos. However, Sun Degong did a good thing. He not only let his soldiers control the city gate and guard the treasury, but also let the soldiers maintain the order in the city. Zhang Ping'an's soldiers quickly controlled several other gates in Guangning. Chen Pai also led his troops into Guangning from the north gate.
Zhang Ping'an came to Wang Huazhen's governor's yamen and used it as the temporary general's mansion. Zhang Ping'an said to Chen Poe: "Have you taken down the Qing Fort?"
Chen Poe nodded excitedly: "It's taken! Dajing Fort also won! There are 250,000 stones of food in these two forts! There are no weapons and other materials to be invited. After hearing the defeat, Wang Huazhen also ran away. All the soldiers from Yizhou and Yizhou Post ran away, and Yizhou Post and Yizhou Post were also taken down and occupied by us. No one died!"
Just as Zhang Ping'an was about to speak, he saw Huang Wei hurried in: "Master General! Our army has gathered 40,000 defeated soldiers from Shaling, and very few have weapons and armor! Have you taken them to Taiping Fort?"
Zhang Ping'an said: "No! Take them in the Qing Fort. Chen Po, go and arrange the city defense according to the plan! Use the Ming army flag. However, before the scout comes back, you can only take your troops and Xu Zhen's troops."
Chen Poe received the order: "Yes! The Grand Marshal!"
Zhang Ping'an said to Huang Wei: "You should take the headquarters to change defense with Li Chen immediately and identify the defeated soldiers. Except for Sun Degong's army, all the others, as long as they have family members in Guangning, they want to fight to protect their families, and then give you three hundred my personal soldiers. Your unit is divided into two, and you will be in charge first. Then talk about the others. Remember, don't use Ming officers, just soldiers! Go!"
Huang Wei took the order and turned around and ran quickly.
Zhang Ping'an just sat down and was about to read the latest information. Xu Yian ran in. He kicked and smiled bitterly: "Master! There are too many supplies, we miscalculated!"
Zhang Ping'an handed him a bowl of milk tea to comfort him: "No hurry! Take a sip of tea first, and you can talk slowly!"
Xu Yian took the milk tea and sucked it evenly, "Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, transported the surrounding forts, except Yizhou, to Guangning before going to Shaling. Preliminary statistics: 1.98 million stones of various types of grain. Other materials, there are 15,000 stones of tea, 8,000 stones of salt, 15,000 jin of iron and copper, 30,000 jin of cloth, 20,000 stones of cotton, and 2,000 silk and satin. In the arsenal, there are 15,000 pairs of iron armor, 20,000 pairs of cotton armor, 10,000 pairs of leather armor, bird guns, and more than 6,000 three-eyed guns, and the Milu guns were given the best Milu guns.
There are 3700,000 swords of various types; 50,000 iron spears; 100,000 spearheads; no less than one million arrows; no less than one million arrows; no more than three thousand jin of red cannons; no more than 30,000 cannons; no more than 275 cannons and tiger cannons; no more than 2.8 million taels of silver and 30,000 taels of gold; no more than 30,000 taels of gold; no more than 370,000 taels of people in Guangning City are now. If we count the supplies of the big houses, I think it is more than four times! Grand Marshal, what do you think?”
Zhang Ping'an pondered for a while and asked Xu Yian: "How many people can follow us? Look at how many vehicles there are in the city!"
"There are less than 50,000 people, and their families who helped us transport supplies last time. There were many cars, more than 20,000. There were also many animals. There were 14,000 cattle, 2,000 war horses, and 8,000 other horses, all pack horses!"
Zhang Ping'an said: "Do it right away! You will send someone to send an order to Yu Guangcai to help him in Yizhou. First, arrange for the women and children of the 50,000 people to leave first, and take as much food as possible to Yizhou. Second, let the civilians who have helped us transfer weapons to Daqing Fort and Dajing Fort. Third, you will send people to spread rumors in the city, saying that the Tartars occupied the Thirteen Mountain Post. Now the people will be panicked. It is impossible not to follow us. By the way, have Luo Yiguan's family found?"
Xu Yian said: "I found it, but after hearing that he was killed, Luo Yiguan's wife hanged her for dying! Only his parents and son Luo Tian were left. They arranged it in our yard. There was also Lord Zhu's home. According to your arrangement, he also sent troops to protect him. He said he wanted to see you."
Zhang Ping'an was very happy to hear the news: "This Zhu Zhengshan! Let us transport the silver here. Before they heated up, we still have to transport it back. Hahahaha... Go and tell him, I'm too busy, let him turn around and select thirty soldiers of Wang Huazhen to escort him, give him five carriages, bring his belongings, and let him leave today. Tell him not to bring the silver here, I'll give him five hundred taels of gold. I'll write it now!"
Zhang Ping'an quickly wrote the warrant and handed it to Xu Yian: "Go quickly! You still have a lot of big things to do!"
As soon as Xu Yian went out, Lu Deyin rushed in quickly: "Brother, everything is done! Xu Yian's subordinates are really good! We have made a fortune this time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Xiucai came in panting. He grabbed Zhang Ping'an's milk tea and poured it into his mouth. Zhang Ping'an smiled and asked, "Xiucai Long! Why are you not gentle anymore!"
Long Tao held the handsome man and kicked him in anger: "Master!..., let me take a break first. You guys talk first!"
Zhang Ping'an ignored Long Xiucai and turned to look at Lu Deyin. Lu Deyin continued: "Brother, we just seized the big households. We don't count jewelry. The silver alone earned 1.6 million taels, 50,000 taels of gold, 790,000 stones of grain, 50,000 horses, 3900 cattle, 30,000 pigs, 30,000 sheep, 50,000 cloth, 60,000 cotton, 10,000 silk, 10,000 silk, 10,000 silk, 10,000 jin of wild mountain ginseng, 10,000 stones of other medicinal materials, 70,000 jin of iron and 30,000 jin of copper!"
Chapter completed!