Chapter 27 Uiju City's Inner Response - Cui Xiaoyi
"This team of Jianhu soldiers had just been attacked and were walking with corpses on their backs. They were very tired." Zheng Fengshou held a branch and paddled on the snow, making a summary after the battle. It was also a guess. "Looking from the direction, it should be Returning from Longchuan."
Cui Mengliang said doubtfully: "Longchuan has been occupied by Jianqi, is there another change? But to say that there is no one else who has the strength to attack Longchuan now, except Mao Zhen."
"When Jianlu attacked Tieshan, they would inevitably attack Yuncong. Can Mao Zhen be free to fight back?" Fujino Masa expressed doubts about this and said: "Maybe it was the same volunteers as Mr. Zheng who attacked Jianlu."
Cui Mengliang was not sure, so he dropped the topic and said: "Since we have sent people to contact Mao Zhen and conduct reconnaissance, we will know the specific situation soon."
Zheng Fengshou nodded in agreement and said: "Since Cui Yuanrang is acting as an internal response in Yizhou City, if Mao Zhen has spare strength, he can lead a rebel army to help and counterattack Yizhou."
Cui Yuanrang's real name was Cui Xiaoyi, with the courtesy name Yuanrang. His ancestors were demoted to Yizhou, and their descendants settled here.
The Cui family has been a warrior for generations. His uncle Cui Shan followed the Ming Dynasty admiral Ma Gui to fight against the Japanese army during the Imjin Japanese Rebellion. He made many military exploits and served as the governor of Nanyuan County. His father Cui Chong also passed the martial arts examination.
Cui Xiaoyi, on the other hand, was "long-bodied, handsome, ambitious, and good at riding and shooting." He was ranked first at the age of seventeen and tried again at the age of twenty-two to win the championship.
During the reign of Lord Guanghai, he abandoned his official position and returned home. During the Battle of Sarhu, Marshal Jiang Hongli of the capital and General Jin Yinghe of the Zuoying invited him to participate in the battle, but he was unable to make the trip because his mother was dead.
When Jianlu conquered Yiju, both the governor Li Wan and the judge Kim Tae-am were killed in street fighting in the city. Cui Xiaoyi led his followers to the tower and killed dozens of enemies.
The North Korean rebel general Jiang Hongli recognized this old acquaintance, raised a yellow flag and shouted to recruit him to surrender. Cui Xiaoyi also believed that "death is not courageous", so he pretended to surrender.
Amin left him and eight Jianlu officials to guard Yizhou and then led his troops south. Cui Xiaoyi secretly sent people out of the city, hoping to contact Mao Wenlong to send troops to attack Yizhou City, and he would act as an internal response.
The dispatched contact person met Cui Mengliang and Fujino Masa who were not far away on the road, and later met up with Zheng Fengshou.
They all had the same opinion about contacting Dongjiang Army, Zheng Fengshou, Cui Mengliang and others. For the sake of safety, they sent someone to escort them to Pi Island.
The people sent by Cui Xiaoyi not only contacted the Dongjiang Army, but also went to Xuanchuan Che Liliang and Longchuan Ankexi to organize volunteers to resist Jianlu.
Cui Xiaoyi and these two men had similar loyalties and had always been good friends. Kansai also called them the "Three Heroes", and they were very influential and popular among the people.
Similarly, Zheng Fengshou and Cui Mengliang also sent people to find contacts, hoping to unite more Koreans, organize more volunteers, and rise up to resist the Jianlu invasion.
"Jianlu was attacked. I'm afraid a search will be launched after dawn. How about we avoid the sharp attack for the time being and turn towards Longchuan?" Cui Mengliang put forward his own suggestion based on the principle of safety first.
Zheng Fengshou slightly chinned his head. Seeing that the others had no objections, he finally made his decision.
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Due to the terrain of numerous mountains and dense jungles in North Korea, the weapons and ammunition are not bad, and there are cities everywhere.
As long as North Korea is united and resists resolutely, even if it cannot defeat Jianlu, it can at least hold on city by city and consume Jianlu's troops.
At that time, Jianlu's strategic focus was still on fighting the Ming Dynasty, and he could not stay in North Korea for too long. As long as North Korea could hold out for more than two months, Jianlu would most likely withdraw his troops and return.
But Guo Dajing did not expect the North Korean monarchs and ministers to be persistent and unyielding. With their ignorance, ignorance, civility, and martial arts, they were confused and contented, and it would be difficult to change the outcome of making peace with the rebels.
Even so, it is still of great significance to use the historical node of Jianlu and Conquer Korea to fight with all his strength.
If greater achievements are achieved, it is likely to change the views of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, thereby increasing support for the Dongjiang Army.
As for North Korea, this time it did not completely surrender. Although it was humiliating to sign an alliance under the city, it neither broke off diplomatic relations with Ming nor helped the captives, but only had some superficial conditions.
Of course, this also paved the way for Huang Taiji's second attack on the court. This did not involve the fundamental covenant, which obviously did not satisfy him.
With more than 4,000 troops, it was hard to say that we had much confidence in attacking Yizhou before. But the Yizhou army had just been defeated, and the number of troops defending the city had been reduced, which increased the chance of victory.
Of course, this is not the traditional ant attack. The casualties are too great. Even if it can be captured, it is estimated that there will not be much strength left to fight again.
The military campaign to counterattack the Jianlu will reach its climax after the spring warms and the ice melts.
Guo Dajing seemed to be resting, but he was busy making preparations in the space. Arrows were fully prepared, and all the caltrops and pottery bombs were completed. If he wanted to blow up the city gate, there should be no problem if several of them were used together.
The power of amine nitrate is equivalent to 80% of TNT, and a hand grenade is usually charged with about 50 grams. Guo Dajing estimated that the caltrop bomb contained at least half a kilogram of amine nitrate, so the power of the explosion can be imagined.
Due to the high burning temperature of black powder and the confined space, Guo Dajing believed that the probability of detonating amine nitrate was very high. This was tested during the attack on Longchuan.
If you can lead a single force, you can use the most powerful tunnel blasting to attack a city. That is the unique skill of the Taiping Army. "Toppling a huge city is like peeling off a piece of paper", even with black powder.
It will be of great use in the future. Guo Dajing thought about the future while making a crossbow arm and crossbow machine out of wood, fixed the short bow on them, and transformed it into a crossbow.
This work is not too complicated. Except for the hanging knife (i.e. trigger), which requires some skills and requires the assembly of several small parts such as the mountain, the hanging knife, and the hook core, the rest is just ordinary carpentry work.
He keeps showing off with a bow on his back for a long time. If someone asks him to demonstrate his superb shooting skills of repeatedly killing Jianlu, wouldn't it be a bit troublesome?
My arms are sore, my fingers are hurt, I haven't eaten enough; I have a headache, a stomachache, a pain in my butt... How many reasons can you come up with, and how long can you keep fooling around?
What's more, Guo Dajing also wanted to organize a crossbow unit, specializing in attacks, ambushes, and good defense. Of course, if the arrows were coated with poison or something, the effect would be even better.
Imitating the appearance of a hunting crossbow, Guo Dajing carved out the butt of the crossbow so that it could be fired from the shoulder, increasing accuracy and stability.
Obviously, the crossbow modified in this way can only be unsatisfactory. Due to the relationship between the crossbow arm and the draw distance, the short bow cannot be fully drawn. Guo Dajing feels that the effective range of thirty or forty meters is already as high as the sky.
But Guo Dajing did not feel discouraged. Instead, he speeded up, drilling holes, inserting wedges, assembling and fixing small parts such as the hanging knife, and finally completed the production of this crossbow.