Cui Mengliang was a little surprised, and returned the greeting with his hands raised: "Guo Baihu means the drainage hole?"
Guo Dajing nodded, turned to Zheng Fengshou, cupped his hands and said, "Does Longgu Mountain City have a hollow wall?"
"That's not the case." After Zheng Fengshou finished his answer, he pondered for a moment, his face turned happy, and said: "What does Guo Baihu mean, as long as the city wall is intact and gunpowder cannot be put in, there is no need to worry about Jianlu using the technique of blowing up the city?"
"Yes." Guo Dajing nodded.
The atmosphere in the room relaxed. Zheng Fengshou laughed and said, "I'm relieved now. Due to the dangerous situation of Longgu Mountain City, if Jianlu comes to attack, he will suffer heavy casualties."
The mountain city, as its name sounds, is not comparable to an ordinary city. It is probably not big, but it is so dangerous that one man can guard the gate and no one can attack it. With Jianlu's siege method, it is not surprising that Zheng Fengshou has such confidence.
"My Excellency, Cui Xiaoyi." Cui Xiaoyi heard that it was Guo Dajing who exploded Yizhou City. He was very pleased and a little grateful. "I wanted to respond in the city, but was stopped by Jianlu. If it hadn't been for Guo Baihu overnight.
If you blow up a city, the lives of lower-class people may be in danger."
Guo Dajing quickly returned the gift and said, "You're welcome."
"Guo Baihu's words are concise, and you will understand them only after you have been with him for a long time." Zhang Pan explained at the side, worried that some people would have other ideas and think that Guo Dajing was arrogant and unreasonable.
Everyone hurriedly said that he had a good personality. Silence was golden, and conciseness and conciseness were his advantages. Anyway, speaking less was his advantage, and being blind was the only thing that annoyed people.
Chen Jisheng calmed down after hearing what Guo Dajing said. He knew that this art of bombing cities had many limitations. Not every city had hollow walls that could be breached so easily.
Seeing that nothing happened, Guo Dajing bowed and left, turned around and exited the hall.
This time, North Korean volunteers also contributed to the attack on Uiju City. Chen Jisheng made plans for the future and generously distributed part of the supplies in the warehouse to Zheng Fengshou and Cui Xiaoyi, and also gave them some money to recruit volunteers.
Zheng Fengshou was preparing to return to Longgu Mountain City, and based on this, he would harass and ambush Jianlu.
Cui Xiaoyi will take his followers to Longchuan, recruit troops, and contact close friends An Kecheng, Zhang Xifan, Jin Zhongguo and others to expand his power.
Chen Jisheng was happy to see the success of the Korean volunteers and supported their expansion of strength to jointly fight against the rebels. Because they were natives of his hometown and were very familiar with the terrain, they would not have any resistance to recruiting Koreans.
With the presence of these volunteers, the Dongjiang Army has a lot more eyes and ears. They support and help when they should, and they will not suffer any loss if they pay a small amount of supplies.
Guo Dajing came out of the hall and saw Liu Qishi again. As soon as he spoke, he realized that he had become his subordinate or deputy after Liu Xingzuo's recommendation.
Guo Dajing did not have any discrimination or contempt for Liu Qishi, a real barbarian. They went through life and death together, and their feelings for him grew quickly. He also admired Liu Qishi's bravery and hard work, although he was not sure what Liu Xingzuo meant.
With Liu Qishi's guidance, Guo Dajing finally had a place to rest. This time he really rested, but he was no longer doing private work in the space.
After sleeping until noon, Liu Qishi woke up Guo Dajing and went out to eat.
There are porridge, cakes, and horse meat stewed with white meat. Although the craftsmanship of the gang leader soldiers is really not flattering, it is already a rare delicacy for the Dongjiang Army.
In the battle within the city, hundreds of horses were killed and injured, but hundreds more were also captured. They had meat to eat, horses to ride on, and some were given to the Korean volunteers, which still allowed the army to add four to five hundred cavalry.
After this battle, the Dongjiang Army's achievements and gains in the war to aid Korea have exceeded the number in history.
"Records of Ming Xi Zong" contains: Dongjiang Army sacrificed three living barbarians in the battle to aid Korea, with 477 heads and 290 Tartar hats. After verification and inspection one by one, it is all true.
More than 400 heads, according to the strength and equipment of the Dongjiang Army, are neither too many nor too few. At least the Dongjiang Army dared to take the initiative to attack, which is commendable compared with the immovable Guan Ning Army.
If compared with the great victory of Ningyuan, which was blown to the sky, the contrast is even more obvious, and the word "great victory" seems even more ironic.
Ningyuan had more than 20,000 garrison troops and 50,000 to 60,000 built captives. They were trapped in the isolated city and did not dare to leave the city. The logistically important Juehua Island was captured by the built captives. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were lost, thousands of ships were burned, and the loss of food and supplies was even greater.
Finally, after the war, 269 heads were harvested from the city. Although the number of beheadings is not equal to the number of enemies killed, it is impossible to cut off the heads of the people in time while hiding in the city. It is normal for the corpses to be snatched back by the captives.
However, according to various sources, the number of casualties suffered by Jianlu in the Battle of Ningyuan should be around 3,000. Even if it was 3,000, with such huge losses of people, property and material, it would not be considered a great victory, right?
As for some records saying that a total of 17,000 or 8,000 enemies were killed and wounded in the Ningyuan War, this is a big exaggeration and is absolutely false.
In Guo Dajing's view, the so-called Ningyuan Victory was nothing more than a god-making movement launched by the Ming Dynasty in order to boost people's morale.
As for what was said in Supervisor Yuan's report, bombardment by red cannons could "corrode for several miles"; quilts wrapped in gunpowder would "corrode everything within the reach of sparks."
They are all so rotten, no wonder they can’t beheaded!
But Guo Dajing knew that the red-coated cannon fired solid shells, not high-explosive shells, so it was impossible to "kill hundreds of prisoners with one shot." The gunpowder wrapped in quilts would never be more powerful than napalm bombs.
Okay, that's too far.
Guo Dajing could not remember the figures contained in "Records of the Ming Xi Zong", so he was not too excited. This was good, at least he would not be satisfied with this and would continue to struggle.
His idea was also correct. Without comparison, there would be no harm. It was because of his negative performance in the War to Aid Korea and the Battle of Ningjin that Governor Yuan was driven back to his hometown by the Carpenter Emperor.
Commander Yuan's resignation is almost a foregone conclusion. However, if the Dongjiang Army has outstanding performance, its subsequent treatment is likely to change.
As long as the imperial court can provide more weapons, equipment, and food supplies, the situation of the Dongjiang Army will change, its combat power will increase, and history will most likely take a different path.
Through his own efforts, Guo Dajing first led thousands and hundreds of troops led by Zhang Pan, and then more than 4,000 troops led by Chen Jisheng. In the future, maybe the entire Dongjiang Army.
No matter how brave one person is to kill the enemy, it will only be dozens or hundreds.
But an army can achieve a record of beheading thousands of people. The more people there are, the greater the power to deflect the wheel of history, and the higher the possibility.
While eating, Guo Dajing saw thirty of his subordinates. This was probably a deliberate arrangement in order to get acquainted with them as quickly as possible and to enhance their relationship.