Chapter 499 Before the War

"Nothing to argue about"

"Winning by listening to you or winning by listening to you"

And his words also pointed out the fact that only he, Zhu Jinghong, can make decisions, and only he can lead the army to victory.

Looking at Huang Qing, Zhu Jinghong ordered, "Read the battle plan."

"Yes"

Huang Qing walked out from behind Zhu Jinghong holding an official document. .

"Military Order of the Northwest Governor's Office"

After hearing the military order, everyone present stood up and knelt down on one knee facing Zhu Jinghong.

Huang Qing read loudly, all the generals raised their heads and listened carefully, while Zhu Jinghong was sipping tea.

Soon the military order was read out and the battle plan was presented to everyone.

Although there are many details, in general it is very simple. Break through from the south based on the four northern guards, flanked by two infantry guards from the Beijing camp, and protected by two cavalry cavalry from the Beijing camp.

As for the four front armies, the Jurchen tribes were left behind, and the Qinghai Xingdu Division was responsible for receiving food and grass.

As for the Mongolian and Tibetan tribes, they were placed seventy miles west of Hami to prepare for possible reinforcements from Junggar and Kazakhs.

Of course, based on the current intelligence, it is unlikely that these reinforcements will appear, simply because they cannot guarantee logistics.

What worries Zhu Jinghong the most is the Rakshasa army stationed on the border. Although its strength is only more than 20,000, its combat effectiveness is not generally strong.

After Huang Qing finished reading, Zhu Jinghong said, "Everyone, our army will arrive in Hami the day after tomorrow. After a day's rest, we will attack the city."

"Northern Four Guards"

On being called by Zhu Jinghong, the four military attachés from the North Fourth Guards went out together and replied, "The general will be here."

Cooked his hands and saluted the emperor from afar, and then Zhu Jinghong said, "You are going to the expedition this time." , are highly anticipated by the Holy One, you must not disappoint the Holy Hope."

The emperor sent the Northern Four Guards to participate in the battle, originally to test these new troops.

Only when they pass the test can the emperor truly believe and implement the theories put forward by Zhu Jinghong in the past two years.

So the Battle of Hami is very important. Not only must he win it, but he must also fight it well and win the city with thunderous momentum.

"Everyone, today is September 21st. I hope that at the end of this month, the sons and daughters can have a celebration banquet and drink mutton soup in Hami City."

According to Zhu Jinghong's instructions It is arranged that the attack will start on September 25th, and there will only be six days by the end of September.

Although Hami City is not very big, its city wall is nearly two feet high. Because it received many defeated troops into the city and temporarily recruited young men, the garrison in the city was close to 40,000.

Of course, there are never more people than there are people fighting. Less than 20,000 of the 50,000 people have been trained, and now the soldiersThe gas is still extremely bad.

But even so, trying to capture Hami City in six days seems very outrageous.

It is not an ordinary difficulty to go to the city to celebrate and drink mutton soup on the first day of October.

But at this time, no one came out to question, because everyone was accustomed to believe that following Zhu Jinghong would definitely win the battle.

"Okay, let's go back and get ready."

"Yes"

After everyone retreated, Zhu Jinghong was not idle either, and started to patrol again. Each guard.

There are still three days before the siege, but these three days are not peaceful. The Junggar troops outside Hami City will still attack the Ming army from time to time.

The Ming army was not completely inactive. In addition to the necessary counterattack by the army, there was another front in Hami City.

Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi, in addition to supervising the North Town Fusi, its main business is actually abroad.

For example, in Hami City, they had hundreds of spies before the war started, but now there are only more than thirty people left, and the rest are either dead or unable to get in outside the city.

The power of these thirty living people cannot be underestimated.

In addition to gathering intelligence, they also spread a large number of rumors to the outside world, shaking the morale of the military and people in the city.

The Ming army was punishing the emperor on behalf of heaven, so the Junggars were defeated repeatedly in battles

It was the Great Khan of Ili who angered the emperor and caused great disasters for his own selfish purposes. He should not do it again. Work hard for those people in Yili

The Ming Dynasty is the master of the king. As long as he surrenders, he can save his life. Don't worry about the safety of his family anymore

Every word of these widespread rumors is like a sharp sword. Playing on the already fragile hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

In fact, Jin Yiwei's psychological warfare has been in action since August, but it has never been effective.

Now that the war situation is unfavorable to Junggar, the power of these rumors has increased sharply.

The general in charge of defending the city was named Tibur. He was a confidant of Jungar Khan Alabutan. His fighting style had always been steady and steady, so he was sent to defend the city.

"Master Wanhu, more than a hundred people were arrested in the city today, and our cells can no longer be locked up."

There are too many people spreading rumors. In-depth investigation, but it is difficult to make any progress.

Even if he catches Jin Yiwei's people, it will be difficult for him to follow the clues and lead out more people because these people have only one-way contact.

So he could only use the worst method to arrest those who spread rumors, but how could he catch such people completely?

So far, more than 2,000 people have been imprisoned in the cells, but the rumors have not completely disappeared. The key is that the cells are still full.

Tiebul frowned and said, "The Ming army has arrived outside the city. I'm afraid they will attack the city in the next two days and send all these people to defend the city."

Thousand households below answered He said, "These people have no intention of fighting. Even if they go to the city wall, they will only do bad things and cause trouble."

Tiebul replied, "Then tell them, ifIf they don’t fight with all their heart, everyone in their family will die.”

Nowadays, strict martial law is implemented in the city, and every household is enclosed in their respective residences, so it is easy to threaten the families of these people.

"Yes"

Tiebul's order was quickly implemented, but his move caused greater turmoil in the city within half a day.

It turned out that the city was in chaos. There are also rumors that Tiebul wants to force Qingzhuang to defend the city and threaten Qingzhuang's family members.

Qingzhuang, who originally defended the city, had a bad mentality. After hearing these words, he became even more worried about himself. Family, they have been away from home for ten days since they went to the city wall.

As a result, the number of deserters increased every day, forcing Tibur to resort to iron-handed measures and behead the deserters in public to shock people.

When the morale of the army was slightly stable, Tibur also started a public opinion war, telling the people of the city through official means that once the city was defeated, the Ming army would massacre the city.

The official announcement was indeed true. Much more powerful than the rumors, the people took the initiative to defend the city out of fear, while some were only thinking about how to escape from the city.

But overall, the situation in the city was much calmer, allowing Tibur to relax. Feeling more at ease.

But as the Ming army appeared in large numbers outside the city, the so-called calm military morale still caused a lot of commotion, forcing Tibur to kill another group of people.

On September 24, there was still one day before the siege, but all the Ming army units had arrived at their designated positions.

In addition to artillery, the Ming army also built more than a dozen catapults, which were obviously catapults. Trying his best to strengthen the firepower.

Looking at the formed position in the distance, Tibul felt particularly heavy.

Logically speaking, he was on the defensive side, and normally he would stick to two or three. Yue is not a problem, at least he shouldn’t be panicking right now.

And all this is because the leader on the opposite side is Zhu Jinghong, who has won many battles.

“Look at them. With this posture, I'm afraid there will be an attack in the next two days," Tibur sighed.

"Send the order and order all ministries to be on strict alert and send more manpower even at night."

His arrangement actually has little effect. After all, the manpower to defend the city is exhausted, and it will remain the same no matter how hard it is.

Compared with the tense atmosphere inside Hami City, the Ming army outside the city is relatively relaxed and comfortable. .

After setting up the formation, they entered the rest stage. According to Zhu Jinghong's military order, they fought all the way from Yumen Pass to Hami City and got a lot of loot. , the most abundant things here are cattle and sheep.

"Brothers, the city of Hami is ahead. Let me eat and drink well today. Let's start the siege tomorrow and grab military glory as much as possible."< /p>

"The commander-in-chief said that after this battle, the Northern Four Guards will raise one hundred general flags, thirty hundred households, ten deputy thousand households, and five thousand households"

Governor Within the scope of the authority of the department, military attachés with a thousand households and below can only be granted titles. In order to boost morale, Zhu Jinghong just said this.

"As for the silver rewards, brothers.Brother, there is no need to worry, there is plenty of money in Hami City."

Baihu preached the policy to his subordinates, and he himself was very enthusiastic about it, hoping to be promoted to deputy Qianhu after this battle.

There are more than 200 households in Beisiwei, but there are only ten positions in the deputy 100 households. It has to be said that the competition is still very high.

So this 100 households have to try their best. Mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates.

As long as his subordinates work hard enough, he can get the results he wants.

This Baihu's behavior is a reflection of most junior officers. At this time, the situation of the Northern Four Guards was almost the same.

At this time, the Northern Fourth Guards were in a defensive window. Unfortunately, the Hami defenders did not have the courage to take the initiative.

In fact. , even if they really break out of the city, with the reaction speed of the four northern guards, they can easily knock out the incoming enemies.

A high platform has also been built three miles south of Hami City. Zhu Jinghong was standing on the high platform at this time, using a telescope to observe the situation in the city.

Although there was a lot of information about Hami, it was more intuitive to see it with his own eyes, so Zhu Jinghong appeared here.

I just heard Zhu Jinghong say, "Everyone, the morale of the troops in Hami City is not stable. If we attack our army tomorrow, we will first use artillery, cover and bombard it and turn it upside down."

Hami City is actually not big. It is less than two miles from the north to the south, and it is actually very crowded because there are so many defeated troops.

A covering bombardment will inevitably cause a large number of casualties and will greatly damage the morale of the army.

At this moment, Zhu Jinghong turned around and asked, "How many artillery shells do we really have?"

Not only food and grass were transported in the pass, but also ordnance and military supplies, including ammunition.

At this time, a staff officer not far away replied, "Come back to the commander, there are nearly 10,000 rounds of artillery shells."

I only heard Zhu Jinghong say, "Then let's fire 3,000 rounds tomorrow."

Ah

It would be too wasteful to send out three thousand tomorrow. After all, it is not time for the general attack, so the generals present are very surprised.

But since it was Zhu Jinghong's arrangement, no one raised any objections. Only Liu Fang thought of giving some advice after coming down.

"Another person will be chosen to go to the city tomorrow to negotiate with them one last time and tell them that we are not here. Killing people, but to punish the traitors and promote kingship."

"As long as they are willing to surrender, His Majesty the Emperor will forgive their sins and readmit them as ministers of the Ming Dynasty."

End At this, Zhu Jinghong glanced around and asked, "Which one of you is willing to go?" Everyone looked at each other, they were basically not interested in such a meaningless errand.

When Zhu Jinghong decided to make the decision, Liu Fang's voice rang out./p>

"Commander, I am willing to go"

People of Liu Fang's level have no place in the Northwest Governor's Office, and now he finally has an opportunity.

Putting away the telescope, Zhu Jinghong walked up to Liu Fang, stared at him for a few seconds and then asked, "Captain Liu, this is a dangerous trip, so you have to think about it carefully."

Just listen. Liu Fang smiled and said, "Commander, in my early years, I followed the ancestors to bring peace to the world, and later followed his majesty to conquer the non-chen. In all these years, I have been through mountains of swords and seas of fire, but I have never been afraid of any danger."

His words are somewhat flattering. My suspicion is that after all, Shizu's last expedition was more than thirty years ago.

At that time, Liu Fang was still serving as a member of the Longjing Guards, responsible for guarding outside Shizu's camp, but his father was already a general in charge of the army at that time.

No wonder he was chosen as the governor by the old man. They are really like each other, Zhu Jinghong thought to himself.

But he knows that Liu Fang is definitely not a waste. He did fight a lot of wars during the Taiping years, so he was able to rise to his current position as governor.

"Captain Liu has thought clearly."

Liu Fang smiled and said, "Does the commander think that the veteran is impulsive?"

Liu Fang is so Of course, at an older age, he is unlikely to be impulsive, at least others cannot say that he is impulsive.

Zhu Jinghong then said, "Well, I'll wait for the good news from the governor tomorrow."

"I will give my best," Liu Fang said, clasping her fists.

Immediately after the discussion ended, everyone dispersed. They also had many things to deal with before the war began.

On the other hand, Zhu Jinghong stayed on the high platform, sitting alone on a chair and looking ahead. A table had been set up on one side, with several plates of side dishes and a bottle of wine.

The city ahead is already at his feet. This feeling of controlling everything and controlling people's life and death makes Zhu Jinghong feel particularly comfortable.

Bang Bang Bang

There were footsteps on the stairs. Zhu Jinghong immediately turned around and saw Nuo Min after a few breaths.

"Why are you up here?" Zhu Jinghong asked with a smile.

This high platform is nearly five feet high. Although it is extremely stable, it will still sway if there is wind due to the rigidity of the material.

So it really takes some courage to climb up from the stage.

After taking the stage, Nuo Min adjusted her clothes and replied, "You stand so tall, I'm afraid you will be alone."

Looking at Nuo Min, who was full of youthful atmosphere , Zhu Jinghong couldn't help but be deeply affected, and he suddenly felt old.

To be more precise, after personally commanding the battle, he inevitably transformed into maturity, and he could even be called two people before and after leaving the capital.

He did not reject this, because he could not play the role of a gangster forever, so he took this opportunity to become mature and steady, so that the emperor could rest assured.

Of course, the most important reason is that after this expedition, he can no longer play the trick of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

“Why does Mr. Thirteen keep looking at me?” Nuo Minasked with a smile.

Zhu Jinghong stood up and greeted her, and then said, "The beauty is in front of you, it would be a waste not to look at it."

Nuo Min replied, "I am just an ordinary woman, how can I be called a beauty?" , Thirteenth Master, please stop praising me, why are you so embarrassed?"

Zhu Jinghong then replied, "If you are not beautiful, who can be called a beauty?"

He came to Zhu Jinghong. , Nuo Min asked, "Isn't the princess considered a beauty?"

"Of course she is not a beauty, she is very fierce now, it is not an exaggeration to call her a tigress"

At this time Nuo Min replied, "The Thirteenth Master has the courage to subdue the dragon and the tiger. Even if the princess is a tiger, she cannot escape from your grasp."

Pull Nuo Min into his arms, Zhu Jinghong held her chin, and then said, "That's natural. I have a spear in my hand, and it's easy to subdue a tiger."

When she said this, Nuo Min had already felt something, so she quickly broke away. .

This kind of behavior made Zhu Jinghong even more interested, and he stepped closer to Nuo Min.

Hiding behind the chair, Nuo Min said with a smile, "Master Thirteen, I'm here to report something important."

As he walked away, Zhu Jinghong asked, "What's the matter?" "

While dodging, Nuo Min replied, "Someone wants to see you, please ask me to inform her."

Seeing Nuo Min didn't seem like a joke, Zhu Jinghong moved forward quickly. He rushed, grabbed Nuo Min's sleeve tightly, and pulled her into his arms with all his strength.

Hugging the beauty tightly, Zhu Jinghong asked, "Who wants to see me?"

Ignoring the torn clothes, Nuo Min replied, "She is a real beauty." Remember to collect, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft, free to find books and add books, you can join the qq group 952868558