Chapter 57: What a capable person can't do, what an adult can't do
"Seal the hole, seal it!"
In Niuzhuang City, there was a scent of enthusiasm. A group of people were coming out of the tunnel, and a lower-level officer outside the entrance of the cave was shouting loudly.
Zheng Zhilong stood on the city wall and watched this scene quietly. There was not only one place in Niuzhuang City with such cave entrances and seals.
Others are leaving.
It was the end of July, and after the autumn rain, the weather became obviously cooler. Zheng Zhilong had already put on his cloak. It was indeed time for him to lead the Navy and Army back to Juehua Island.
If you don't leave, there will be no excuses.
——He withdrew his troops now, and it can be said that he had transferred too many troops to save Hong Chengchou's troops. When the Qing army saw the opportunity, he attacked fiercely for days. Although he wanted to defend Niuzhuang City in winter, the city defense had been severely damaged during this period and had to abandon it.
But before leaving, he had to use gunpowder to burst Niuzhuang all over.
It is not uncommon to use gunpowder to explode the city, and it is definitely not the first invention of the Balance Army. In the ending Central Plains War, the Battle of Kaifeng, Li Zicheng had thought of this trick at the beginning.
But Li Chuangwang did not have professional talents in his hands. He dug a hole to fill the medicine powder and didn't know how to fill it. As a result, the shock wave after the explosion of the medicine powder rushed out of the tunnel. Not only did he fail to blow up the Kaifeng city wall, but he made the peasant army himself full of money.
But when it comes to King Hong Tian, look at the professionals in the Taiping Army - miners in the Hunan-Guizhou land, who are absolutely blasting experts. They use coffins to load powder, then backfilling and compacting the tunnel, and then ignite it. Isn’t it just “overturning the giant city, like peeling off a piece of paper”?
Zheng Zhilong is about to overturn the entire Niuzhuang now. In this way, he can continue to come after the warmth and ice will disappear next year.
Even if the Tartars do not spare the people's efforts, they will never be able to repair Niuzhuang in just a few months, and they will never even break ground in winter.
When a long winter passed, when the ice and snow melted, and then they wanted to start construction, the Zheng army's navy had already arrived. The Tatars could not completely stop the wide water surface of the Liao River.
If the Tartars were really stupid enough to build wooden dikes on the Liao River, deploy artillery, wooden veins, and other means to prevent the Zheng army's naval forces from invading, then Zheng Zhilong would laugh out loud when he was sleeping at night.
Ready-made target!
As time goes by August, the entire Niuzhuang City has been arranged properly, and some ships have also withdrawn from Juehua Island first.
Nikan outside the city looked at Niuzhuang and felt a vague feeling in his heart that Zheng Zhilong would not stick to the city for winter. There is no reliable reason for this, it is purely a personal guess.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to rush his army to attack Niuzhuang at this time.
The business of Duoduo has not yet been completely finished, so Nikan is unwilling to ask for trouble.
As Chu Ying's son, the political struggles among the high-ranking members of the Qing Dynasty are now irrelevant to Nikan. Even though Nikan feels more sympathetic to the three brothers Dorgon. In the three brothers Dorgon, he saw the shadow of his father.
Although the old slave threw a lot of dirty water on Chu Ying after killing the eldest son, how many years had it been after Chu Ying's death? Nikan was still young at that time, but his elder brother Du Du was quite old.
In just a few years, the old slave killed his younger brother, killed his parents and children, and committed such a thing that went against common sense. Why did he do such a thing that goes against common sense? Which adult doesn’t know it?
When Chu Ying died, the old slave was already fifty-seven, and the eldest son, who had great military achievements, was already thirty-six years old. He was young and strong, and had a high prestige. The old slave still had ambitions but had never achieved his goal and would never give up his power. In this way, if Chu Ying doesn't die, who will die?
At present, Huang Taiji focuses on Duoduo and then threatens the three Dorgon brothers. After all, isn’t it for centralization of power?
But Nikan, who is particularly interested, can't even let the fights started in Shengjing City.
As time came on the third day of the August 19th, the defenders in Niuzhuang City suddenly moved without any concealment. Warships sailed from the center of the Liaohe River into the river bank. The brave Eight Banners whistle cavalry rushed to the edge of the Liaohe River. When they looked north, they could clearly see a large number of Zheng troops transporting food, military supplies and other kinds of supplies on board without any concealment.
The news came back to Haizhou, and Nikan hurriedly led his troops to Niuzhuang. Otherwise, relying solely on the team of troops left in front of Niuzhuang by the Qing army would have no intimidation to Niuzhuang.
In fact, this is true. When Nikan led his troops to arrive, the Qing soldiers were still in the camp, and Algin didn't even give a single fart.
"Father, the main force of the Tartars..." Zheng Sen shouted at the Eight Banners soldiers rolling out from the east.
Zheng Zhilong licked his lips. It was naturally necessary to explode Niuzhuang before leaving, but if he cheated on the Tartars again, the taste would be even more beautiful.
"Fu Song, do you think the Tartars will be trapped?" Zheng Zhilong held a telescope in his hand. He didn't need to use it at all. He could see the Qing army running from the east with his naked eyes.
"The Tartars can't be trapped, right?" Zheng Sen felt that it was impossible for the Qing army to not take the trap. How long have the two armies been facing each other? The Tartar general on the opposite side probably wanted to take Niuzhuang even though he pursued his dreams.
"Then let's go." The preparations were already made, but Zheng Zhilong was just a pity that he couldn't get the head.
The last batch of Zheng troops in the city also disappeared. Only a few flags at the marching gates were left, and the dark cannons were left.
It's very realistic cannon, but it's actually just a wooden tube. Why can't Zheng Zhilong let go?
Nikan waved his hand, and a group of Baoyi Aha was forced to run towards Niuzhuang City by their Eight Banners men with bows and swords. Thirty or fifty people were mournful and "attacked" Niuzhuang City with a sad face.
"What a vicious Tartar, I don't treat me as a human being." Zheng Sen, who had already boarded the boat, cursed angrily after hearing the report.
Zheng Zhilong had no expression on his face.
Is there little such a thing? Or, during the eight-year War of Resistance in his previous life, the scene of the Japanese soldiers who did not regard the puppet army as humans, and forced Ergouzi to go to the mines with guns. Is it difficult to see in film and television dramas and novels?
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong made the water ghost lurk on the bank of Niuzhuang this time. The seemingly people left, but it was just a "seemingly"!
When the Qing army received the report and the Ming army had completely left Niuzhuang, both Nikan and Algin were full of surprises. No matter what, Niuzhuang was back in their hands.
At Nikan's order, Algin Axian attracted hundreds of eight banners and vests and rushed into Niuzhuang.
Ships left the east coast, but many people were still standing on the side of the deck. The city had been busy for so many days. How could they not know what Zheng Zhilong buried underneath?
We are all waiting to appreciate the arrival of the last moment. Whether it will be successful will be determined the next moment.
But when the explosion really comes, many people lose their words. Their cultural level is too low and they can't find any suitable and exact language to describe everything they see.
The scene was so terrifying and amazing that they could not accept it, and completely subverted their worldview. Everyone was so stupid.
Zheng Sen's eyes were filled with hot sparks, "Crossing the giant city is like lifting a piece of paper; overturning the giant city is like lifting a piece of paper..." His father is really something that people cannot do, and what adults cannot do.
Wouldn't it be easy to attack the city in the future if this move is done?
Chapter completed!