Calling Dad

Sun Chuanting was right, Jiannu is indeed not capable of attacking Beijing now.

The day after the platform was called, Jiannu launched a tentative attack on Guangqumen, but in the end, hundreds of people were killed by the red cannons on the city wall before even getting close to the moat.

Dorgon immediately stopped the frontal attack and urgently summoned Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan to discuss countermeasures.

Fan Wencheng said: "Master, it seems that we have seriously underestimated Beijing's defense. The number of red cannons equipped in each gate of Beijing is as many as 200, almost ten times that of Ningyuan City!"

Ning Wan said, "I'm afraid the method of digging tunnels and bombing the city walls is not enough. Hey, what should I do?"

"Hehe." Dorgon smiled sinisterly and said, "It is expected that I can't defeat Beijing."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, I looked at each other and said in a lost voice: "Master, did you think you couldn't defeat Beijing from the beginning?"

"That's right." Dorgon said, "From the beginning, I had no hope of capturing Beijing. Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, so how could it be so easy to fight? However, even Datong could not be defeated, it was a bit beyond my expectations and lost more than 40,000 troops. Fortunately, the losses were all the coat slaves and the Mongols, and our elite Eight Banners did not suffer much loss."

Ning Wan said, "It turns out that all this has been under the master's plan. The master is far-sighted and the servant admires it."

Dorgon said: "This time invading the Central Plains, capturing Wang Pu and Chongzhen's children alive is just a pretext. The real purpose of this king is to reintegrate the forces of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the two yellow flags and strengthen the strength of the two white flags, and then slaughter the capital and Shandong, and then use a large amount of people and property to cross the sea from Dengzhou to Liaodong to make up for the losses Wang Pu brought to us in the Qing Dynasty."

Fan Wencheng said: "Haoge defeated the big cave, and his 30,000 troops were destroyed. The nine Niulu of the Yellow Banner, the thirteen Niulu of the Zhenghuang Banner, and the seven Niulu of the Zhenglan Banner have been classified as Zhengbai Banner of the Prince of Wuying and Prince Yu's Banner. Your first goal has been achieved."

"Yes." Dorgon nodded and said in a deep voice, "So, we don't have to continue to tangle with Chongzhen's children in Beijing. We will divide our troops into ten directions tomorrow. We will rush along the canal to Shandong, loot, and then return to Liaodong with the slaves and livestock we need."

From April to August of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Jiannu entered Datong and passed the capital to Shandong, and finally crossed the sea from Dengzhou to return to Liaodong. He fought thousands of miles. The people of the Ming Dynasty suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. More than one million people died tragically under the butcher knife of Jiannu. Nearly one million people were captured and slaves to Liaodong. Countless villages turned into ruins, countless towns were razed to the ground, and countless money, grain and property were lost.

There are still tens of millions of people who have become homeless refugees, without food and clothing.

After this catastrophe, the national power of the Ming Dynasty became even weaker, but Jiannu quickly recovered his vitality through bloody plunder.

Under the impeachment of the censors in the court and the snow-filled report of the Ministry of War, Sun Chuanting led Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen and Liu Zeqing to fight with Jiannu in blood. In the end, due to the lack of food and salary, the morale was low. Not only could not stop Jiannu from poisoning the Central Plains, but even the only remaining elite border troops in the Ming Dynasty were almost completely destroyed.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, September of the 15th year of Chongzhen was coming. The weather in Datong became hot and cold. Chen Yuanyuan also gave Wang Pu a son. The second master Wang Hua gave him a strange name, "Wang Fa". The spear camp and the baggage camp were also completed. Although they had not officially entered the battlefield, they looked quite like that.

The year is pretty good this year. Datong Prefecture is even more organized under the governance of Wei Daben. There are obviously fewer people going out to escape famine than in previous years. Under Wang Pu's subway suppression, the horse thieves and bandits in Datong completely disappeared, and the public security of Taiyuan Prefecture, which is adjacent to Datong Prefecture, has also improved a lot.

Liu Zongmin has been making a big fuss in Shaanxi in the past few months. Pingliang, Qingyang and Yan'an have been completely captured by bandits. Jiang Rang and Jiang Xiang brothers guard Yulin, Guyuan, Zuo Liangyu, and He Renlong guard Xi'an and Hanzhong. They watched the bandits sit in large numbers and keep their troops still.

These warlords are all the masters who cannot get up early without profit, and do not show off their eagles. The court does not give them money, food, weapons, or promotions, and will not take the initiative to send troops to fight against the bandits. The official documents of the Ministry of War and the edicts of Emperor Chongzhen are nothing in the eyes of these warriors, and they are worthless.

Datong City North Camp

Wang Pu was inspecting the newly-built spear battalion and baggage battalion on the school ground.

The establishment of the Long Gun Battalion and the baggage battalion is the same as the firearm battalion. The battalion was improved by Wang Pu: five people are appointed as corps, and the corps commanders are appointed; two people are appointed as team leaders; five teams are appointed as posters, and the corps commanders are appointed; ten teams are appointed as generals, and the corps commanders are appointed as thousand generals; five generals are appointed as camps, and the corps commanders are established.

According to Wang Pu's idea, the Long Spear Battalion and the Battalion are both auxiliary troops of the Firearm Battalion.

The main equipment of the baggage battalion is chariots, antlers and swords. The main task in wartime is to build a chariot array and antler array on the two wings and front and back of the firearm camp to form the first line of defense to block the charge of the enemy infantry and cavalry. The main equipment of the long spear battalion is a spear over two meters long. The main task in wartime is to build a chariot array based on the chariot array to form a second line of defense to block the charge of the enemy infantry and cavalry.

Without cannons, with the combined formation of the firearm battalion, spear battalion and baggage battalion, Wang Pu was confident that he would destroy the offensive of any army in the world today in field battles, and Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was no problem.

Seeing the three armies training on the school ground, marching, arraying, and changing formations, Wang Pu's brows were tightly frowning. He was really not happy. He always lacked something without a cannon battalion, and he was not confident in his heart after all.

But how easy is it to form an artillery battalion?

Cast cannons? Don’t even think about it. Man Datong can’t find a craftsman who can cast cannons. How to cast cannons?

Buy it for money? There is money, but where can I buy cannons? The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty should not count on it. Wang Pu was not worried about the quality of their local cannons. The red cannons that Wang Pu wanted could only go to Macau to buy, but from Macau to Datong, it was not even thousands of miles away. Even if I could buy them, I couldn’t transport them back to Datong.

When Wang Pu was so worried, he suddenly saw Wei Daben running to the parade platform with sweat from the corner of his eyes.

Wang Pu said in surprise: "Mr. Wei, if you are not in the government office, why are you going to the North Camp in the city?"

Wei Daben gasped and said, "Mr....Mr., there are...someone looking for you."

"Someone is looking for me?" Wang Pu said in greater surprise, "Who is looking for me? You, Lord Wei, have to come to pass the message in person?"

Wei Daben took a deep breath, calmed down his tone, and said, "That person is waiting in the government office. You will know when you go."

"Huh?" Wang Pu said in surprise, "It's true that this person is quite famous?"

Wei Daben smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Prince Consort, don't make things difficult for the subordinates."

"Okay, let's go now." Wang Pu nodded and said to Zhao Liujin, the deputy general beside him, "Liujin, you can continue to practice."

"yes!"

Zhao Liujin responded and took the order flag from Wang Pu.

Wang Pu and Wei Daben left the city's north camp on a fast horse and rushed all the way. In less than half an hour, they rushed back to the government office.

In the side hall of the backyard of the government office, Wang Pu met the guy who could let Wei Daben deliver the message. This guy was wearing an ordinary Confucian shirt and had a thin face. He looked like he was in his fifties and had a little face, but he seemed to be familiar with him vaguely. He seemed to have seen him somewhere?

"Hey." Wang Pu scratched his head and said to the man, "It seems we have seen it somewhere?"

"Stupid boy." The man smiled and pointed at Wang Pu and cursed, "Call him to Dad."

"So it's you, the old boy?"

Wang Pu immediately recognized the person. Isn’t this his jailmate when he was in the Heavenly Prison? He was overjoyed and said, “Hehe, I didn’t expect that you are Sun Chuanting, and I didn’t expect that you could also leave the Heavenly Prison alive.”

Wang Pu had already known about Emperor Chongzhen's re-appointment of Sun Chuanting from the Tang newspaper. He just didn't know that the old prisoner who had been in the sky prison with him was Sun Chuanting.

Wei Daben was shocked when he heard this, thinking that Wang Pu could only talk to Sun Chuanting in person.

"You little brat, you can leave the prison alive, why can't you?" Sun Chuanting frowned and said angrily, "Also, I am at this age. Besides, I am still a serious governor of the five provinces, the Minister of War, and the Left Censor. Don't scream like an old man, you really don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young at all."

"Okay." Wang Pule said, "Then I will call you Old Man Sun from now on."

"Call me, dad." Sun Chuanting raised his face and said seriously, "I am your dad."
Chapter completed!