Chapter 124 Countermeasures and the root of disaster

In Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan listened to the report of the soldiers in front of him with a serious face. His brows were frowned. The news of Jinzhou City being attacked by the Jin army soon spread to Ningyuan from the sky-storming fire of the beacon tower. He was very worried about Tang Feng and others in the city. Zu Dashou on the side even shouted that he would send troops to rescue, but Yuan Chonghuan was still undecided.

Of course, he knew that Jinzhou City had reached its most dangerous moment. If the troops were not sent to rescue, the army in the city would be in danger. However, at this time, he had only more than 10,000 people in his hands, and it was impossible to completely ignore Ningyuan City. If the Jin army feinted to attack Jinzhou and then ambushed him halfway, Ningyuan would become an empty city. Once Ningyuan lost, there would be only a barrier of Shanhaiguan before Beijing City, which would be a major event that shocked the bureau. Faced with such a difficult choice, Yuan Chonghuan became hesitant and difficult to make decisions. He stood up and kept paced in the hall, hoping to find an idea that could save Jinzhou but not let Ningyuan fall into danger.

But Zu Dashou couldn't help it. Seeing Yuan Chonghuan still walking around, he shouted: "Sir, I know you are worried about the safety of Ningyuan City, but have you ever thought about how much damage would it be to the morale of the soldiers in the army if we sit and watch the Jinzhou City be destroyed and tens of thousands of comrades be killed? If you really have any concerns, I will be willing to bring 3,000 troops to rescue me!"

"Absurd!" Yuan Chonghuan rebuked, "Now there are scouts coming to report that there are 20,000 or 30,000 Jianlu outside Jinzhou City. Even if we dispatch the entire army, we may not be able to win, let alone your three thousand troops. If you refuse to obey the order, I will take away the military power in your hands!" After glaring at me, Yuan Chonghuan slowed down and said, "I am as worried about Jinzhou City as you. The guards of the city here are Master Liaison and the military supervisor. If I were not worried that Ning Yuan would be unable to defend, I would have left the city to help."

Zu Dashou also sat back helplessly, and after a while, he said, "Sir, we can't sit here, right? We should think of a way to come out." Yuan Chonghuan also returned to his seat and nodded slightly: "I have to think about it carefully. It would be great if the people sent by the imperial court to station in Jinzhou could arrive in time, but unfortunately there is no news about them yet."

While we were anxious to find a solution, the offense and defense outside Jinzhou City was still continuing. After the Jin soldiers were repelled on the first day's surprise attack, the attack slowed down a little. Although the siege did not stop every day, there were fewer strong attacks that were fearless. They only used bows and arrows outside the city to kill the Ming army at the top of the city, or attacked and killed for a short period of time. This level of siege was not a big problem for Wang Kai, who had been on the battlefield for a long time. The number of casualties in the city continued to rise, which also shook the morale of the army.

Tang Feng knew that he could not help much in commanding the city, so he started to do logistics work, comforting the wounded, arranging food and drinking water within his work scope. Although the newly acquired Sima Junyi was extremely brave, he was not skilled in defending the city. Tang Feng never asked him to go to the city, but ordered him to take his brothers to patrol everywhere in the city to prevent someone from disrupting the morale of the army. The reason why Tang Feng asked him to do this was because this man was a fool, not afraid of being afraid of offending people, and because he was just a new arrival, there was no favor to tell. Sima Junyi lived up to Tang Feng's trust. As soon as he left in the city, the soldiers who originally wanted to escape had no courage. They had seen the skills of this fool.

After visiting the wounded in the city, Tang Feng was worried that there were other places that were not attacked by the Jin soldiers. He was afraid that when the Jin soldiers would send people to attack, so he took dozens of people to check. When he found that there were no traces of Jin soldiers outside these places, Tang Feng breathed a sigh of relief. When he turned around and wanted to go to the top of the city to boost morale for the soldiers, he unexpectedly found a large amount of scrap iron and a cannon placed under the foot of a section of the city wall. This was the red cannon used to open the city gate when he took the Jinzhou City that day. It turned out that after taking Jinzhou that day, these two cannons were moved here in order to build the broken city wall and city gate. Yuan Chonghuan also forgot them when he left, so he kept it here for more than ten and twenty days.

Seeing this weapon here, Tang Feng had a conspiracy in his mind, and turned around and asked, "How many gunpowder and projectiles are still there in the city now?" The quarantine immediately reported a number. However, Tang Feng did not have a clear dose of gunpowder for the cannon, so he asked again, "How many times can this cannon be fired?"

"Because these two cannons were temporarily transferred, the equipment was not enough. I guess they could be fired five or six times." The quarantine officer said in embarrassment. Tang Feng became confident when he heard this and immediately said, "Then transport this cannon to the city wall for emergencies." After the quarantine officer agreed, he asked the soldiers to carry the heavy cannon to the top of the city.

"Now with the help of artillery, I think it should be of great help to defend the city, although there is not enough gunpowder left in stock." Tang Feng thought, and followed the soldiers carrying artillery toward the city gate. At this moment, a servant next to Wang Huazhen rushed over and said, "Mr. Tang, something is wrong, you go and have a look!"

When Tang Feng saw it, he was puzzled: "Didn't Wang Huazhen hide in his yard for the past few days and refuse to come out? How could there be something wrong? Is there a spy who penetrated in and was not good for him?" He was anxious and asked hurriedly: "But what happened to him, Lord Wang? Is there an assassin..."

"No, sir, just go and take a look." The servant smiled awkwardly, but the smile was even more ugly than crying. Although he was thinking about going to the top of the city to take a look, it was related to Wang Huazhen, and Tang Feng did not dare to be careless and had to follow the man forward.

"Huh? Where are you taking me? This is not the direction to Lord Wang's residence." Tang Feng was very surprised when he saw this man leading him to a corner gate to the south. The servant immediately smiled and said, "Lord Tang, my master is there. You should hurry up, otherwise it would be too late." He said, and stepped up his pace.

Tang Feng was still a little confused, but followed him forward. When he arrived at the inconspicuous corner gate, Tang Feng heard Sima Junyi's loud voice saying loudly: "You dare to scare me, I tell you that I am a person who is not even afraid of tigers. What a bullshit strategy? Anyway, there is no order from Tang, so don't think about going out of the city! Besides, I have to believe what you say. If you dare to say this to me again, I will beat you up now if you believe it or not!"

After his words, there was a furious voice: "Who are you? You dare to be so rude to me! After I am out of danger, I must deal with you heavily! I..." Before I finished speaking, I heard a cry of pain, and it was obvious that the man had been subjected to Sima Junyi's move.

From the voice, Tang Feng immediately heard the other party's identity - Wang Huazhen. Combined with the location here and the dialogue between the two parties, Tang Feng immediately guessed what happened. It must be that Wang Huazhen wanted to abandon the city and escape, but he was caught by Sima Junyi. Thinking that Sima Junyi only recognized himself, so naturally he would not let Wang Huazhen go because of his identity. That's why the servant hurriedly came to him to stand out. It must be that Sima Junyi's big mouth kept mentioning himself.

Thinking that everyone in the city was doing their best to defend the city, but Wang Huazhen was afraid of death. If the soldiers knew about this, the blow to morale would be too great, so Tang Feng's anger burned. His face darkened, he strode to the entangled people and shouted: "Ayi, what's going on?"

When Sima Junyi saw Tang Feng coming, he immediately pointed at Wang Huazhen, who was bruised and swollen in front of him, and said, "This guy actually wanted to sneak out. After being caught by me, he dared to scold me, so I beat him a few times. Tang... Do you think this person should be beaten?"

Tang Feng's eyes settled on Wang Huazhen's face as Sima Junyi said. He smiled and said without a smile: "Mr. Wang, is this stupid person really saying it?"

"This..." Wang Huazhen was speechless for a moment. He really wanted to escape, but he didn't expect to be caught. If he admitted it, he would be miserable. So after he hesitated slightly, he said: "No, this is just a misunderstanding. I just came here to investigate, but unlike what he said, escaping in the last battle..."

"Fuck! You obviously want to come. If I hadn't pulled you back, you would have long..." Sima Junyi retorted immediately. He didn't care what the person in front of him was. Tang Feng suddenly reached out to interrupt him: "I think what Mr. Wang said is right. This must be a misunderstanding. Lord Wang is my Liaodong strategy and it is impossible for me to do such a shameless thing. Lord Wang, this is just a misunderstanding. Ayi is also for official business, and he is still a fool and doesn't understand etiquette, so please calm down and don't try to see him like this!"

Sima Junyi didn't expect that Tang Feng would not help him when he came. He glared at him angrily and walked aside. Seeing that Tang Feng had saved him face, Wang Huazhen was reluctant to give in, so he could only smile and said, "I will definitely not be as knowledgeable as such a fool. Let's go!" As he said that, he left swayingly, but he hated Tang Feng in his heart.

After they left, Tang Feng said to Sima Junyi: "Ayi, you do a good job, I will definitely reward you, but I will still be more attentive in the past few days." Seeing Tang Feng say this, Sima Junyi disappeared at all the unhappiness in his heart. He grinned at him and nodded, and then took his brothers around to inspect.

Lu An, who was following Tang Feng, smiled clearly and knew that Tang Feng was the best to do this. If the matter was really pointed out, it would not only affect the morale of the soldiers in the city, but also how to deal with Wang Huazhen would be a question.

But what he didn't notice was that a trace of murderous intent flashed in Tang Feng's eyes. Wang Huazhen's hostility towards him seemed to be unsolvable. For the sake of Liaodong, Tang Feng must not let such a person continue to preside over all this, but now is not the time to deal with him.
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