Fan Wencheng came out of the city to invite the fight in an upright manner!
He didn't even bother to do things like harassing the opponent, and he could see clearly that if the harassment was effective, not even one of the elite men with yellow flags would escape.
Wei Qi is not a fool. Faced with the Ming army's tactics, his first choice should be to harass and prevent the Ming army from digging out these trenches smoothly. However, what is in front of Fan Wencheng now is the Ming army.
It is enough to explain the problem that it is not Wei Qi's troops and horses with yellow flags.
Rather than harassing the opponent indifferently, it is better to openly and openly invite the opponent to fight. Fan Wencheng believed that the Ming army who was now approaching the city would definitely not refuse his invitation to fight and hurt his own morale.
Otherwise, it is just that the Ming people know the Ming people best. No general of the Later Jin Dynasty would have such an idea. In their eyes, most of the Ming army is synonymous with cowardice.
Fan Wencheng, a native of the Ming Dynasty, was a scholar in the forty-third year of Wanli. In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhaci captured Fushun. Fan Wencheng and his brother took the initiative to serve Nurhachi and were awarded the title of study officer.
In the third year of Tiancong's reign, he followed Huang Taiji in his campaign against the Ming Dynasty, and for his meritorious deeds, he was awarded the title of Hereditary Guerrilla General of the Han Army.
This kind of experience is somewhat similar to Jiang Wan. Both of them were scholars and are now engaged in war. However, what is different from Jiang Wan is that even though Jiang Wan is now leading the army, he still follows the Ming Dynasty's standard of using culture to control military force.
, he himself is considered to be powerless.
However, although Fan Wencheng was a Confucian scholar, he looked very much like a tiger general with his handsome appearance and burly physique. He was not afraid in battle, and he fought bravely with the army during the battle. He was also good at using tactics and eloquent, so he made great achievements.
It can be said that he is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.
When it comes to being conceited, he is definitely more conceited than Jiang Wan.
When night fell, a bird flew to the Ming army's camp carrying an autographed letter from Fan Wencheng. A moment later, the letter was delivered to Jiang Wan.
"Let's take a look!"
Jiang Wan sent the letter to the generals under his command: "This Fan Wencheng thinks highly of me, and he dares to ask our army to fight to the death!"
The generals, especially the generals who were born in Pidao, did not look good. The so-called fight to the death was a tragic practice of the Ming army. In the war against Houjin, most of the time, the Ming army was in a state of disgrace.
Disadvantages.
In order to boost morale, the Ming army would often engage in deadly fights with the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty.
That is, the two sides agree to send a certain number of soldiers to fight on the battlefield until all the soldiers of one side are killed, and the fight to the death will end.
The victorious side, on the other hand, can make some demands that will not affect the battle situation under battlefield conditions.
For example, if the Ming army is besieged, at this time, the messengers or officials' families need to be allowed to leave. After the death battle is won, Houjin will not break their promise. Of course, if the death battle is won, the request is to let the opponent withdraw their troops.
, then it will definitely not work.
Death fights did not happen often, especially since the Hou Jin people later felt that they were at a disadvantage. Basically, when selecting soldiers for death fights, they would not choose their Eight Banners troops, but various slaves, demoted pawns, etc.
This approach quickly undermined the purpose of boosting the morale of the Ming army. Later, the Ming army did not mention this matter. After all, it was worthless to use their own elite warriors and the opponent's slaves to fight.
Li Zicheng didn't understand this rule, so he asked General Pidao next to him in a low voice, and his face suddenly became ugly.
He just wanted to steal this job, but he soon understood the cruelty of this death battle. If he won, he would kill a thousand enemies and injure himself eight hundred. If he lost, no one would survive.
Although he said that Ci could not control soldiers, he still couldn't make up his mind to send the disciples he brought out from Shaanxi to the Shura field of life and death.
"Commander, we must not undermine our own prestige. When will it be the Tatars' turn to challenge us to fight to the death and we should not fight!"
Kong Youde said fiercely: "The last general is willing to fight!"
With him taking the lead, several other Pidao officers suddenly felt that they were despised by Kong Youde, and they fought to the death, as if no one was afraid of death.
"The general is willing to fight!"
"The general will be willing to die for the commander-in-chief!"
On the other hand, several generals from Jiang Wan's group looked at Jiang Wan expressionlessly. They did not have to express their loyalty to Jiang Wan like General Pi Dao. As long as Jiang Wan needed them, they would go there without hesitation.
"We, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are not afraid of death, but we will not just do what this Tatar wants and waste our lives in this city in vain!"
Jiang Wan took the letter that was passed back and smiled contemptuously: "Fan Wencheng's pattern of two hundred people fighting to the death is just that. Tell him that if he ends up in person, our army will send people to fight with them."
If he doesn't dare to end the fight, he can just stay in the city and wait to be beaten!"
Everyone is convinced that, yes, he is just a Mingren who surrendered. Who is he? He dares to compete with me, the elite of Pi Island.
"Fight to the death in person!" Li Sizhong glanced at Fan Wencheng beside him: "Xian Dou, don't mention this matter again. The Ming army is extremely cunning. If you end, even if they lose this fight to the death, they will still
I will kill you regardless of the cost. Before the war begins, I will kill my lieutenants first. Their calculations are quite good!"
"The general of the Ming army seems to have seen through my intention and kicked the ball back. If he doesn't agree, then we are cowarded!" Fan Wencheng's face was stern: "Reply to the letter and tell them that I will personally end the game. Ming
The army must have at least one guerrilla general, and Fan will serve as the Great Khan. Compared with just relying on the four treasures of the study, a three-foot green sword can kill the enemy!"
"You can choose those who are good at fighting in the army!" Li Sizhong pondered for a long time and looked at Fan Wencheng: "If the Great Khan is in Beijing, I will definitely not let you go to the battlefield to fight the Ming army in person. However, Abataibele is not a great leader.
Khan, since he asked you to come here, it’s to see you perform some military exploits, so I’ll make it happen for you!”
In the Ming army's camp, Jiang Wan was also saying the same thing to Kong Youde. The two sides exchanged letters and had communicated the matter quite clearly. On the Ming army's side, Jiang Wan also decided to grant Kong Youde's wish to fight to the death.
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"We will fight to the death tomorrow. If you die, I will slaughter this city to avenge you! I comfort your soul in heaven!"
Jiang Wan looked at Kong Youde: "If you come back alive, I will give you a battalion of soldiers and horses and protect you as a general!"
"Thank you, Commander!" Kong Youde chuckled: "Commander, we only have four battalions of troops on Pi Island, plus the Commander's personal battalion, these five battalions are all owned. You are not lying to me!
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"This battalion of soldiers and horses was established because of you and named by you!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "I, Jiang Wan, never lose money to the loyal and brave people under my command, so you must kill and surrender and come back alive.
Otherwise, you will suffer a big loss!"
Kong Youde burst out laughing: "Don't worry, Commander, look at Kong Youde. I'll bring back to Commander the head of that guy who doesn't know the heights of the sky!"