Chapter 70 The Dying Struggles
"Jiannu's siege is a joke, and I really don't understand why they are afraid of them.
No artillery.
There are no large trenchers.
There is not even a Lu Gongche.
The only thing they know is Yifucheng. At most, they dig tunnels and use gunpowder to explode, but their gunpowder cannot even blow up the earth walls of Yehe City. They just hear a sound of brick-packed cities like Liaoyang or Chenyang. They don’t have more powerful long-range weapons, and at most they are seized from our Fran aircraft. But I have never seen them use them, and it is unknown whether they cannons are not allowed to break or lack gunpowder. What they really use is nothing more than bows and arrows. I really don’t understand why those with cannons are afraid of taking bows and arrows. I admit that they are very capable in field battles, fierce and tenacious, and almost never retreated. Two hundred people almost trapped me to death.
But it would be completely embarrassing that we could still be captured by them when we defended the city."
Yang Xin said.
He slept until the next morning, woke up and ate a binge and then recovered completely.
As for him killing Eyidu...
He didn't have much impression of this name. He actually didn't have much impression of these men in the early days of the Wild Boar Skin, and he didn't know what one of the five ministers of the Wild Boar Skin represents.
"Then you can't send troops."
Xiong Tingbi said.
"At present, our army has no warfare. The remaining ones before were Li Ruzhen and He Shixian. Li Ruzhen specializes in defending Chenyang. Although his troops had tens of thousands, there were only two thousand people who could fight. He Shixian's troops were only more than two thousand. As soon as Chai Guozhu arrived in Liaoyang, the total number of troops to aid Liao was 20,000 or 30,000, but most of them did not even have armor and weapons, let alone war horses. In addition to the troops defending each fortress in Liaodong, the battle-capable soldiers that Liaodong can really take out are the ones that are fighting.
Yang Hao took the time to fight in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and all the soldiers who could be fought in one battle were ruined in Sarhu. The remaining elites were nearly half destroyed by Kaitie.
There are really no soldiers available at this time.
I want to thank you. If you hadn't advised me to stay in the Beijing camp, Xiong's central army would probably have no available troops at this time. If you really want to save Ye He's troops, you would have to take time out the troops stationed in various places.
Those fortresses can still bring in tens of thousands of people.
but.
Do you think that frying flowers will not turn against each other?”
Xiong Tingbi said.
"Is the money not useful?"
Yang Xin said in surprise.
"Silver is of course useful, but the wild boar skin is more silver than Xiong at this moment! Do you know how much money and grain he took in Kaiyuan? He has not transported it for several days, and he has much more money and grain available in his hands than Xiong! What's more, he captured Zai Sai, and then he only needs to take Zai Sai as a hostage and then take out the silver to buy it. Enwei and force Bahua to agree to form an alliance with him. At that time, would you say Bahua turn to Guangning with his army?"
Xiong Tingbi said.
Yang Xin had to admit that this possibility was not without it.
After all, Baixu fought with the Ming army for decades, and even his second brother was shot to death by Li Chengliang. To be precise, Li Chengliang's subordinate Li Pinghu was shot to death. During the Battle of Fushun, he even raided Liaoxi with the wild boar skin and east. However, the Battle of Sarhu changed the pattern of Liaodong, he turned to be alert to wild boar skin. But if Xiong Tingbi took time out the troops that could be fought in Liaodong, went north to fight against wild boar skin, Baixu suddenly turned against him and led the gathered Mongolian coalition forces to raid Guangning, the harvest was not what Xiong Tingbi promised to compete with 10,000 taels per year. At this time, the Ming army not only had to resist Jiannu, but also had to prevent the Mongolians from taking advantage of the situation to rob. For Xiong Tingbi, the wisest choice was to keep the troops in motion and respond to changes in the same way, to rectify the army and establish a solid line of defense.
"But if Jin Taiji dies, then tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Yehe's tribe will join Jiannu!"
Yang Xin said.
"So what can I do? What I take on is such a mess. Don't I understand these? But I have no soldiers at all. All I can do is to protect Chenyang and Liaoyang. I can't do anything else I want!"
Xiong Tingbi said frankly.
"Then why did you ask me to send a letter?"
Yang Xin said.
"Jintaiji is to let Kintaiji hold on for a few more days!"
Xiong Tingbi said.
This is also a bad guy. He never thought about saving Jin Taiji, but just gave Jin Taiji a little hope and let this guy hold on for a few more days. After all, the battle between Jin Taiji and Wild Boar Skin is not a bad thing for him. Moreover, Wild Boar Skin is delayed for one more day in Yehe City, and Xiong Tingbi will have one more day to rectify the defense of the military organization. In his original intention, he and Yang Xin are not as dark as he is. Yang Xin is still thinking that he will save Jin Taiji in the end.
But Xiong Tingbi never thought about this.
"I'm still too young!"
After Xiong Tingbi left, Yang Xin sighed.
"Xiong Tingbi is really powerless. In fact, what he is most afraid of now is that the wild boar skin gave up attacking Yehe's troops and went south to Chenyang. Chenyang was already in a panic. No one dared to go even if he sent civil servants to Chenyang for inspection.
Yang Hao was ruined in Sarhu too much.
He threw all the local army and the guest army in Liaodong. Now it is difficult to fill the hole. The Ministry of War has indeed mobilized 70,000 troops from all over the country to aid Liao, but the figures of the Ministry of War are on paper. In fact, there are only 30,000 official troops in Liaoyang City. Except for the reinforcements of more than 10,000 Sichuan Army and Xuanfu, Shanhaiguan and other places, the rest are a bunch of remaining soldiers. Even most of the officers died on the battlefield. Most of the reinforcements are recruited in new recruits. Each town usually receives empty salary, and at most elite domestic slaves are raised. When they are urgent, they recruit them to fill the gaps in a hurry.
But the newly recruited soldiers did not have any armor and weapons, they were just a group of strong men.
In short, at this moment, except for the garrison troops in various places that could not be moved, Xiong Tingbi could only use the 50,000 troops in Liaochen.
And most of them have no combat power.
The ones who can really fight will not exceed 20,000, but the 13,000 Sichuan Army has just been exhausted after traveling thousands of miles. In addition, there are shortages of supplies, not even many firearms. Yang Hao discarded too much supplies in Sarhu. For his battle of Liting, Liaochen City emptied almost all the weapons and ammunition, and in the end he threw them all to Jiannu."
Chen Yujie said.
In other words, Xiong Tingbi used this mess to quickly stabilize the situation.
It's still difficult for him.
Of course, I have to thank Jin Taiji for this, because his death bought time for Xiong Tingbi.
If the wild boar skin did not attack Yehe's troops in the north, but relied on the harvest of Kaiyuan Tieling, and went south with all his strength, maybe he would take Shenyang in one go.
At this time, Li Ruzhen was guarding Chenyang. Since he could abandon Tieling's ancestral tomb, he certainly didn't mind abandoning Chenyang. After all, he was a frightened bird at this time. No wonder Yan Mingtai and others never went to Chenyang. It was just about one hundred miles from Liaoyang to Chenyang. It was only a day to ride a horse quickly, but they just couldn't go there, and they knew that if they didn't get it right, they couldn't come back.
Chenyang is indeed about one hundred miles away from Liaoyang, but less than one hundred miles away from Tieling!
The Jiannu army can also arrive day and night!
They are all sober.
But in this way, what Yang Xin did before was completely in vain and nothing changed.
Yehe's tribe will still be destroyed.
The Fried Flower Five will still be subdued by the wild boar pienwei and subdued. Although they will not be really used by them, at least they will still cooperate with the wild boar skin in the future. In history, they were controlled by wild boar skin, and even spent tens of thousands of livestock to redeem the slaughter. They wandered between the Ming and Qing dynasties and even the three families of Lin Danhan, and were unable to clarify their positions until they were gradually eaten by the wild boar skin and exterminated the clan.
And so Yang Xin even brought Zhou Yuji in.
"No, you can't just accept your fate!"
Yang Xin said firmly.
"What else can you do? Xiong Tingbi asked you to send a letter to deceive Jin Taiji. Your mission was completed and he also brought Eyidu's head. As long as you report to the capital, your crimes will be pardoned, and even rewards are indispensable. Why bother with this matter again?"
Chen Yujie said in confusion.
"Since I promised Jin Taiji, I have to have a clear conscience!"
Yang Xin said.
He mainly couldn't bear to part with Zhou Yuji.
Such people cannot be discarded. If the wild boar skin breaks through Yehe City, Zhou Yuji will definitely die, at least he has to do something about it.
"Didn't Xiong Tingbi send someone to Shenyang? I think you are very suitable."
He said to Chen Yujie.
"I am a seventh-grade doctor of Taichang Temple, and I am not even from the right path. I don't have enough status. What he needs is someone to take charge of the overall situation, at least a fourth-grade and fifth-grade. I am familiar with Liaodong. To be precise, he just wants a part-time guard. I am a Taichang Temple doctor, who is following him to take charge of military affairs, so how can I be qualified for this? Do you want me, a seventh-grade civil servant, to command Li Ruzhen?
Do you want to make Li Ruzhen angry to death?”
Chen Yujie said.
Originally, Yan Mingtai was responsible for this important task, and Xiong Tingbi asked him to do the current position of Wang Huazhen in Guangning. Yan Mingtai was the deputy chief inspector and the same level as Wang Huazhen's governor. His qualifications were sufficient, but Chen Yujie was too exaggerated.
"Then let's go and have a look first, just pretend to be the ones who explore the way for civil servants, and they will support them."
Yang Xin said.
"They do support it. They wish there was a scapegoat. You just wanted to follow him, but what if you go? Can you persuade Li Ruzhen to go north? If he had the courage, he would not have escaped from Tieling. He Shixian was more courageous than him, but He Shixian's subordinates could fight only 2,400 people. Even if the wild boar skin went north, there were still 10,000 people left behind. Ten thousand Jiannu, as long as Li Ruzhen and He Shixian's current strength, they would lose when going out to fight in the field, let alone counterattacking Tieling."
Chen Yujie said speechlessly.
"Don't worry, I have my own plans, but you have to let Xiong Tingbi give you at least five hundred Jingying accompany you!"
Yang Xin said.
"This is OK, but don't cheat me!"
Chen Yujie said vigilantly.
"No, brothers, how could I cheat you? Call Lao Cao up again, but I have to ask you a question before that."
Yang Xin said with a smile.
"explain!"
Chen Yujie said.
"Will you imitate other people's handwriting?"
Yang Xin asked.
"Don't mess around, forging official documents is a death sentence!"
Chen Yujie said in horror.
"No, I am a law-abiding person. I will not do illegal things. Of course, I will not do forge official documents. Even if I forge Xiong Tingbi's private messages, I will not do it. But if we are just kidding each other, it will be no big deal!"
Yang Xin said with a smile.
While speaking, he took out the letter Xu Xianchun asked him to forward to Li Ruzhen.
Chapter completed!