After a moment of silence, Lu Xiangsheng said again: "I received the news that Jianlu had invaded North Korea. When I set off from Lushun, I expected the possible situation, including the current situation. Therefore, at the first time, I sent someone back to the capital to report the letter and inform the emperor that if the Dongjiang Army was to play the role of the Dongjiang Army, the Guanning Army must cooperate."

Li Dingguo was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the Governor was so far-sighted and thought so much! While admiring, he also secretly decided in his heart that he must take the Governor as an example.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and looked at Jianlu outside the city. His voice increased a little, and he seemed very confident and said firmly and forcefully: "I believe that as long as we stand in Pyongyang for about half a year, the emperor will definitely order the Guanning army to make a supportive move and force the Jianlu army to retreat to Liaodong!"

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Li Dingguo and said with a serious expression: "No need to think about anything else. As long as we can persist in Pyongyang for half a year, we can not only drag down the strength of Jianlu, but also create opportunities for Guanning Army, which will be another blow to Jianlu. Only in this way can the role of our Dongjiang Army be shown. In a few years, our Ming Dynasty will definitely restore Liaodong!"

When Li Dingguo heard this, he finally realized. Only then did he realize that after Lu Xiangsheng could not defeat the Jianlu army outside the city, he immediately ordered the casualties and old soldiers in the city to transfer first, and all the materials in the city were not allowed to be taken away. All of this was actually to create opportunities for the next step to stay in Pyongyang for a long time.

If it is really like the Governor said, the main force of Jianlu cannot capture Pyongyang for a long time, it will definitely consume a lot of food, grass and supplies, and it will also be a very big blow to the morale of Jianlu. The Guanning Army will send troops to the hinterland of Liaodong and use the strategy of surrounding Wei to save Zhao, forcing the main force of Jianlu to withdraw his troops without success. This situation will definitely greatly weaken the strength of Jianlu.

When Li Dingguo thought of this, he still felt worried. All of this was what the Governor himself thought. What if the Governor’s memorial could not be sent to the capital? Or what if he delayed on the road? Or what if the Emperor did not ask the Guanning Army to attack? It is also possible that the Guanning Army had never taken the initiative to attack, feared Jianlu, refused to obey the order, or just acted as a gesture, which did not threaten the hinterland of Liaodong, and was not enough to force the Jianlu army to return to aid?

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At this moment, many possibilities flashed through Li Dingguo's mind, which could prove that what Lu Xiangsheng said was just wishful thinking.

Pyongyang City is a strong city, and it is not impossible to stay for half a year. However, if there is no support in Liaodong, then Pyongyang is an isolated city. No matter how strong it is, it will definitely fall!

Could it be that everything is to rely on the Guanning Army to strongly support the war in Pyongyang? Thinking of this, Li Dingguo always feels very uneasy!

However, he turned around and thought that as the Governor of Baoding, he was stationed in Pi Island in Liaodong, he could not watch North Korea be annexed by Jianlu, but his troops were limited. In the end, he finally walked step by step, and it seemed that this situation was impossible.

Or it can be said that Jianlu used his strength and open conspiracy to deal with the Dongjiang army, forcing the Governor to take the initiative. The final result was that what he could do here was to stick to Pyongyang and then hope that the emperor could force the Guanning army to send troops to support him.

The victory was very slim! Li Dingguo thought about it and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

However, he quickly cheered up. Even if Pyongyang was in danger and could not be defended, Datong River was still from the Ming Dynasty and could be used to support him with a navy. At least the Governor could definitely withdraw.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo immediately clasped his fists and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "I will go to inspect the construction of the city defense equipment!"

"Go!" Lu Xiangsheng heard this, nodded and answered, then turned around and looked outside the city. Seeing the Jianlu cavalry galloping outside the city, his heart was actually very heavy, and there was no worry he showed on the surface.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng could certainly think of what Li Dingguo could think of. But the strength of the Dongjiang Army was far from comparable to that of Jianlu, and it was a forced one to do so in the end.

Despite this, Lu Xiangsheng himself had an intuition that the emperor would never ignore the Dongjiang Army. Since the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the emperor has shown strong strategist ability. Many times he could have expected that he would give him what he needed most, what support he would need!

Isn't this time no exception?

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng was a little unsure. After all, can the emperor still calculate it across a boundless sea?

He was thinking that Zheng Zhilong, the general general of the Ming Navy, suddenly came to the top of the city and reported to Lu Xiangsheng: "Sir, the last general has arranged ten warships to stay in Pyongyang. The rest of the ships will set sail tonight."

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head, looked at him and nodded and asked, "How is the situation of Jianlu intercepting?"

"Sir!" Zheng Zhilong's face showed a hint of laughter and tears when he heard this. He replied to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jianlu's arrows were like they didn't have money, and they shot all the passing ships into hedgehogs. It's a pity that later, they all shot rockets, otherwise they would be able to borrow more arrows for the adults!"

At the beginning, Jianlu shot arrows in vain and inserted all the boats, just like borrowing arrows from a straw boat. Whether it is good or bad, they were eventually pulled down and given to the army. But later, Jianlu learned his lesson and began to shoot with rockets. This damage to the ships was even greater and the arrows could not be recovered. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong said this.

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and didn't care. He immediately ordered him: "After returning to Pi Island, strengthen both sides of the ship, make arrangements for Jianlu's rockets, and then return to Pyongyang. I don't want to see the navy lose money!"

There is no ship repair shop in Pyongyang City, but there is one on Pi Island. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng has this saying.

Zheng Zhilong immediately accepted the order, but he was still a little worried, so he asked Lu Xiangsheng again: "The general thinks that Jianlu will definitely not let the Datong River open. In the future, the navy will definitely be more difficult to go back and forth to Pyongyang than at present. Sir, why don't you leave tonight?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng flatly refused, "I am not the kind of person who escapes at the battle. The battle in Pyongyang City is of great importance. I must not leave the army and live alone. Go, in Pyongyang, I will win the Ming Dynasty!"

Whether he can win or not, Zheng Zhilong is also a man who is used to leading soldiers. Although naval wars are different from land wars, he can at least see one or two.

Therefore, to be honest, he still admired Lu Xiangsheng's stubbornness very much. Especially when he saw many Ming officials, he was mostly the kind of person who only knew how to get benefits, and he even admired Lu Xiangsheng, an alien.

If Xiong Wencan was replaced, he would probably run away as soon as possible? No, he would definitely not come to Pyongyang at all!

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but think of the fate of this old lover. In the 12th year of Chongzhen, he was escorted to Beijing and was convicted of his house and exiled to Hainan. Haha, he took so much from his side and finally returned to the emperor. Why bother!

Zheng Zhilong understood Lu Xiangsheng's character. Since he had made a decision, it would be impossible to make changes unless the emperor issued an order. Therefore, he did not persuade him and went to work on his own affairs.

After nightfall, Lu Xiangsheng was on the top of the city, watching Zheng Zhilong drift down the Datong Army with his ship.

Seeing the ship hiding in the darkness, Lu Xiangsheng thought silently in his heart, this could be considered a battle of burning boats!

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Li Laiheng say with a little surprise: "Sir, it seems that a large army is coming over there!"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he turned around and looked at him, and then looked in the direction of his finger.

I saw a fire dragon appearing from a distance to the east of Pyongyang City and slowly coming to Pyongyang City.

After waiting for a long time, I saw the fire dragon's tail, as if it was endless.

Needless to say, this fire dragon was the Jianlu infantry army in the east, and actually rushed to Pyongyang overnight.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but feel sank. He didn't expect that Jianlu was so anxious and marched overnight. It seemed that Jianlu was really sure to win against Pyongyang!

On the top of the city, all the Ming soldiers and Korean soldiers looked at the fire dragon in the distance silently without saying a word. Needless to say, the appearance of the fire dragon once again put pressure on the Pyongyang defenders.

After seeing the fire dragon, Jianlu immediately sent a quick horse to contact him. Then the momentum rose sharply. Even at night, they shouted, and the excitement in the shouting could be felt very clearly by the defenders on the top of Pyongyang.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately began to patrol the city.

It’s true that when the Ming army soldiers or Korean soldiers saw Lu Xiangsheng’s figure, the feeling of depression in their hearts immediately disappeared.

The Governor is here, and you are not afraid of such a big official, so you are afraid of him!

That night, because of the arrival of the Jianlu infantry, people shouted and neighed, and it was a big fuss all night. After dawn, I didn’t know how much the Jianlu camp outside the city had expanded. Just by visual observation, I could roughly estimate that there were about 20,000 Jianlu infantry who came last night.

In this way, the Jianlu army and infantry and cavalry combined with the total number of infantry and cavalry outside Pyongyang City is estimated to be about 50,000.

It has to be said that the Jianlu army outside the city put a lot of pressure on the defenders in the city. However, looking at the defensive equipment prepared in the city and continuously transported it to the top of the city, the defenders had some confidence.

With Lu Xiangsheng personally in charge, no one can fool the city defense.

Outside the city, Duoduo, Haoge and Yuetuo had already met, and at this time they were also looking at Pyongyang City.

"I said, how did you fight? You were almost defeated by the Ming army?" Haoge turned to look at Yue Tuo, asking with a hint of curiosity and a sarcastic sense of mockery.

After hearing this, Duoduo turned to look at Yue Tuo, feeling a little disdainful. The Qing army, and the army specially allocated, were almost defeated by the Ming army in the field, which really lost all the face of the Qing Dynasty.

It’s really a matter of not mentioning any pot. What Yue Tuo doesn’t want the most is that others are bringing up this matter. However, the person who brings up this topic now is his cousin and the emperor’s son. The other one is his uncle, who is one of his generation, which makes him unable to get angry or not answer.

So he had no choice but to answer: "This Ming army is extraordinary, and its field combat capabilities are definitely not inferior to our Qing army. Remember not to underestimate the enemy!"

Speaking of this, when he saw the faces of Haoge and Duoduo, the mockery was even stronger. Moreover, Haoge wanted to speak, so he knew that he would not say good things, so he said first: "Otherwise, the emperor would not lead the army himself and was rushing to Pyongyang. With this point, it is enough to prove that the emperor knows the power of this Ming army, right?"

"..." Haoge, who wanted to speak, opened his mouth and was about to say it when he heard Yue Tou move out his father, blocked his words and opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

Duoduo took less attention, just sneered, looked at the top of the city, and pointed with a horse whip, "If I want to say that, there is no need for the Qing Dynasty to mobilize so many troops. I don't believe it anymore and I can't defeat Pyongyang!"

Regarding this, Yue Tuo didn't ask for a chat, so he hoped that they would not discuss this. When the emperor arrived, the emperor would naturally make a decision.

He didn't say anything, but Duoduo turned to look at him and asked, "The artillery you brought in the army will not be lost, right?"

"How could it be lost if the camp was not captured by the Ming army?" Yue Tuo did not respect this uncle who was younger than him as much as he did to Dorgon. After answering, he reminded, "There are red cannons on the top of the city, and I'm afraid that they can't beat the Ming cannons on the top of the city!"

The Tianshun Army was the best at artillery in the Qing Dynasty, but after facing the Dongjiang Army under the city of Lushun, he suffered a great loss. Therefore, Yue Tuo was sure that the artillery battle would definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army.

After hearing this, Duoduo couldn't help but sneer and shouted: "When did I say I will use it to attack the city? I will immediately transfer to the riverside and block the Datong River. I will cut off Minggou's last retreat!"

When Yue Tuo heard this, he was stunned. After coming to his senses, he had to admire Duoduo in his heart. It seemed that he was still a little capable. He had forgotten this, but he could remember it.

So, while the defenders in Pyongyang City strengthened their city defense, Jianlu outside the city also became busy and started their actions against Pyongyang.

At the top of Pyongyang city, Lu Xiangsheng looked outside the city with a expressionless face, and was actually very heavy. The Jianlu infantry has been there for a few days, but he is not in a hurry to attack the city. He is definitely not idle. This abnormal situation definitely means that Jianlu is still preparing. The more they prepare, the more powerful they will attack the city!

Thinking of this, he began to inspect the city defense again and must do his best.
Chapter completed!