Chapter 94 Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan (2)

After seeing the ceremony, Sun Chengzong walked into Ningyuan City surrounded by these generals. Seeing that he was so respectful, Tang Feng's respect for him became even higher. After these soldiers kept repairing for a while, Ningyuan City had slowly restored its old views. Except for the almost all soldiers guarding the border in the city, it was no different from ordinary cities. Tang Feng walked in and nodded repeatedly. It seemed that Yuan Chonghuan's reputation in history was indeed not in vain.

However, the tea here is a little worse than that in Shanhaiguan. Tang Feng muttered in his heart when drinking the tea brought by the soldiers, but he also knew that this was a truly difficult place in Liaodong. After all, Ningyuan has now penetrated into the territory of the Jurchens. It would be good if those who escort food and grass can come, and other things are naturally a little worse.

"Master, this one is..." After a few greetings, Yuan Chonghuan looked at Tang Feng and found that this man did not look like Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers, and the young man looked more like a scholar. I wonder what he was doing here.

Sun Chengzong quoted Tang Feng and said, "I'll introduce you to you. This is Tang Feng, the Liaodong Army Supervisor sent by the court. Although he is not old and is a scholar, he has made considerable contributions in Shanhaiguan." Then he introduced others to Tang Feng. In addition to Yuan Chonghuan, the black man who impressed Tang Feng the most was called Mangui, and he was also a person in Tang Feng's memory. Although he was not as famous as Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong. There was also a tall and big man like an iron tower, which was Yuan Chonghuan's current deputy general Zu Dashou, but his eyes were a little less friendly when he looked at Tang Feng.

After meeting one by one, everyone talked a few more times, and Yuan Chonghuan thought about arranging their residence. Sun Chengzong had just left Ningyuan not long ago, so the courtyard he lived in before was still there, so naturally there was no need to arrange it. But Tang Feng needed him to find a suitable place. Unexpectedly, Sun Chengzong said: "You don't need to arrange the elements of Yizhi's residence, let him live next to me. Anyway, I have more communication with him along the way."

Seeing Sun Chengzong say this, Yuan Chonghuan agreed even though he was a little confused. After hearing Sun Chengzong's arrangement, Zu Dashou's eyes looked at Tang Feng a little different, but he was mostly suspicious and had not yet respected him. Tang Feng had long been accustomed to this. The generals were so right in every fortress he went to before.

Sun Chengzong asked Tang Feng to live by his side. In addition to letting others pay attention to him, what he said was the conversation with Tang Feng. In fact, this cannot be called a conversation, but a professor. He taught Tang Feng's way of using troops along the way. Whenever he arrived in a place with different terrain, he would take advantage of the situation to teach Tang Feng how to use troops under such terrain. Although Tang Feng could not master everything quickly, he also learned a lot. Now that he was in Ningyuan City, he was naturally no exception.

A few days later, under the instruction of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan accompanied Tang Feng around Ningyuan City and told Tang Feng about the terrain and characteristics here. This was a little different from what happened along the way. I was always Sun Chengzong guiding Tang Feng along the way, but now it was Yuan Chonghuan. Tang Feng just thought that Lord Sun was creating opportunities for himself and Yuan Chonghuan so that the two could have some friendship during this period, so he didn't care much about this.

A few days later, Tang Feng finally knew what Sun Chengzong meant. After a meal one day, Sun Chengzong called Tang Feng to his room. After brewing two cups of tea, he began his question: "Yizhi, I have taught you the offensive and defensive methods of various terrain along the way. In the past two days, you have also gained a general understanding of Ningyuan under the introduction of element. Now you will talk about the environment around Ningyuan City and how it should defend against the enemy's attack."

"It turns out that you have always been different from me. I'm going to take a look at me." Tang Feng smiled suddenly in his heart, and then said what he knew and what he thought before: "Although this Ningyuan City looks inconspicuous, it is just a small city in Liaodong, it occupies the main road to attack Shanhaiguan. If Jianlu wanted to attack my Ming Dynasty, he had to take down Ningyuan City first. The lower officials thought that this was probably the reason why the Lord took down this city back then.

"This city looks like an isolated city, and there are no adjacent cities on all sides to help the aid. However, after carefully looking at the terrain of this city and the situation of the city, I can assert that it is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This city is backed by the sea, and this side has no possibility of an enemy attack. The east is the foot of the mountain and the west is the mountain. The only side that can attack is the north side. This is a prerequisite for the soldiers in the city to defend the city. They can defend a wall with all their strength."

Seeing that Tang Feng had mastered the advantages of Ningyuan City within a few days, Sun Chengzong smiled with satisfaction, but he still asked: "What if the enemy does not fight but siege? You must know that this city is an isolated city here. If Jianlu is determined to be a besiege and trap the soldiers and civilians in my city to death, what should you do? The military rations in this city are not sufficient."

"Sir, have you forgotten that the southern head of Ningyuan City has been mentioned before? This is the unique place of Ningyuan City, and it is also a guarantee that can be maintained. Although the cavalry of Jianlu is powerful, they can never run to the sea. At that time, my Liaodong people can only pass through ships to send a steady stream of food and supplies to the city. Even if the enemy sieges for a long time, they will not be able to make the soldiers guarding the city panic." Tang Feng talked happily, as if it was time to stick to the lonely city. In fact, some of these insights were discovered after seeing the city, and some of them were known from history. In history, Nurhaci suffered a great loss here, and might even die because of it. This left a deep impression on Tang Feng.

This answer finally made Sun Chengzong completely sure that the person in front of him was indeed the successor he wanted to find. He smiled: "It seems that if Ningyuan City is indeed a place where Jianlu can make it difficult for him to advance."

But Tang Feng's reaction was a little beyond his expectations. He was not much happy, but said with some concern: "What I am talking about is the favorable side of Ningyuan City for the defenders, but its defects are also very large. That is, the number of defenders in this city is not enough, and the city has just been repaired, so it cannot be considered a high wall and thick wall. If the Jurchens really were determined to attack the city, I am afraid that the soldiers guarding the city might not be able to withstand it."

This is the truth, and it has always been a difficult problem in Sun Chengzong's mind. Now the people in his hands are too scattered, but people must be sent to guard each place, so he sighed helplessly when he heard Tang Feng's words: "This is also a helpless thing. Although the imperial court has been revitalized in recent years, the sequelae left by several major expeditions during the Wanli period are still there. My Ming soldiers are indeed not as large as they were back then. However, this city is so important, I will still transfer some of the people to defend the city as much as possible."

Tang Feng thought of another thing in his mind, which was something that was related to the future war situation. So after Sun Chengzong finished sending this feeling, he said, "Sir, I remember that my Ming soldiers often use firearms, but it seems that not many people are using it during this period. I wonder why?"

"You mean the Shenji Camp? It's one of the three major camps in the capital, and it's the imperial camp. It's naturally much better in the equipment of firearms. But our Liaodong defenders are not so prepared. However, the Guanning Iron Cavalry that I personally trained himself is still equipped with the three-eyed magic gun made by my Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the number is limited and can only be used by those thousands of people."

"Three-eyed Magic Gun?" Tang Feng vaguely remembered that he had heard this name, but he did not see that the tiger rider was equipped with this object. Seeing Tang Feng's puzzled expression, Sun Chengzong knew what he was thinking and smiled and said, "The hammer-like thing on my guards' backs is the Three-eyed Magic Gun. It has two more gun holes than ordinary muskets, and can be shot three times in a row, and after the gun is released, it can also be held vertically to confront the enemy. It was also made by the craftsmen of the Shenji Camp with all their efforts."

Tang Feng then remembered that he had seen that thing along the way, but he didn't know it was a three-eyed magic gun. But his mind was not here, but on another firearm: "Sir, do you know if I have artillery in Liaodong? If you install a few artillery in Ningyuan City, you can cover up the shortcomings of this city's not strong enough."

"There are so many artillery guns, but the ones sold to our court. The emperor sent them a few months ago to Liaodong to defend the city. However, this artillery was too heavy and not conducive to movement. If we set up the cannon and attack in another direction, their effect would be very small." Sun Chengzong frowned and said.

But Tang Feng didn't think so. He smiled and said, "Sir, why did you forget that Ningyuan City is only in the north and let Jianlu attack. You just need to press artillery on this wall. If Jianlu wants to attack, he must be fired."

"Yes, I'm negligent." Sun Chengzong was awakened by Tang Feng's words and kept stroking his hands, "I will order people to Jizhou to transport the ten red barbarian cannons to Ningyuan tomorrow. In this way, the possibility of defending this city will be even higher."

Tang Feng was secretly happy after hearing this, but at the same time he was a little confused. Why did he have someone pressed the thing that seriously injured Nurhaci on the top of the city? What would happen if he hadn't been himself in history? But he couldn't figure out this question. Maybe Sun Chengzong would have thought of using cannons without himself.

After trying to ask Tang Feng to answer some questions about how to defend the city, Sun Chengzong suddenly changed a topic: "You have become a little familiar with the element these days. I wonder what you think of him?"
Chapter completed!