In the past month, after the Mongolian coalition invaded the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that they were unstoppable and invincible. However, because the walls were clear and the cities were defended with all their strength, the Mongolian coalition did not gain much actual results. The only achievements were,
They only defeated thousands of Ming troops on the south bank of the Wei River, and took the opportunity to capture Zhenning Acropolis and several surrounding military forts.
Therefore, the Mongolian coalition forces seemed to be very aggressive, but in fact they were just rootless people after they penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Only the Zhenning Acropolis captured a few days ago could be used as a fulcrum and retreat.
This is obviously the biggest flaw of the Mongolian coalition!
In fact, the Zhenning Guard was originally given to the Mongolian coalition forces by Zhao Junchen. Guan Wuyuan appointed the young and frivolous Han Zhang to be responsible for the defense of the Zhenning Guard. It was originally Zhao Junchen's instruction, and Wang Ying, a hundred households in the Zhenning Guard, took refuge.
The Mongolian coalition forces, and gaining the trust of the Mongolian coalition forces, are all part of Zhao Junchen's plan!
For Zhao Junchen, Zhenning Guard is an abandoned son, from which he can establish a greater strategic advantage!
First of all, the Zhenning Guards were deliberately sent into the hands of the Mongolian Allied Forces, not only to let the Mongolian Allied Forces learn the taste, but also to prevent the Mongolian Allied Forces from withdrawing from the Ming Dynasty territory in advance, allowing them to confidently and boldly attack Jiezhou City, and delaying Zhao Junchen's plan;
Secondly, if the Mongolian coalition forces did not have the fulcrum and retreat route of Zhenning Guard, their future actions would be difficult to predict. But now that they have Zhenning Guards, once the Mongolian coalition encounters an unexpected event, they will first think of retreating to Zhenning Guard to stabilize themselves.
Heels, so that Zhao Junchen can guess their whereabouts in advance;
Finally, after the Mongolian coalition captured Zhenning Acropolis, they would temporarily store the army's grain, grass, ordnance, etc. in Zhenning Acropolis to reduce the burden of marching. Therefore, once Zhao Junchen took back Zhenning Acropolis, the Mongolian coalition would
The morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos, and there will be no successor power!
Therefore, Zhenning Acropolis was deliberately created by Zhao Junchen to create a weak spot for the Mongolian coalition forces!
Now, with the war imminent, Zhao Junchen plans to take Zhenning Guard back into his hands!
In fact, before this, due to Wang Ying's internal response, Zhao Junchen had already arranged a foreshadowing in Zhenningwei, but for the Mongolian coalition, this foreshadowing was a time bomb!
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So far, Zhenning Acropolis has been occupied for six or seven days, but it is still in a mess. After the Mongolian coalition occupied Zhenning City, they naturally had no business ideas and just caused havoc at will. The soldiers and civilians in the city were regarded as slaves. Not only did they
The labor was heavy, the food was not enough, and the Mongols tortured and scolded them from time to time, so they suffered a lot.
If Zhao Junchen hadn't found a reason in advance to summon all the women and children in Zhenning Acropolis into Jiezhou City, we don't know how many human tragedies would have happened in Zhenning Acropolis!
In a certain sense, the soldiers and civilians of Zhenning Guard are all abandoned sons of Zhao Junchen, but they may never realize this!
However, although the interior of Zhenning Acropolis is in a mess, it is very heavily guarded, because the Mongolian coalition also realized that Zhenning Acropolis was their only fulcrum and escape route in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the Mongolian coalition's grain and ammunition were stored there.
Here, of course, we dare not ignore it.
Since capturing Zhenning Acropolis, Bagan has stationed more than 3,000 elite Dzungarians here, and sent his confidant General Badal to garrison here. At the same time, he has used all the mature Han men in the city as slaves to accompany the army!
In this way, apart from the elite warriors of Junggar, only the old and weak Han people were left inside Zhenning Acropolis. Coupled with the defense of Zhenning Acropolis's own walls, it was naturally foolproof.
However, two days ago, because of Wang Ying's suggestion, Bagan sent more than 300 Han prisoners back to Zhenning Guard City. According to Wang Ying, these 300 people were all skilled craftsmen and could
He made a large number of siege equipment for Bagan in Zhenningwei's workshop, so he also got Bogen's permission.
And these more than 300 Han prisoners were the foreshadowing laid by Zhao Junchen in advance!
On this day, it’s the hour of the afternoon.
In the workshop of Zhenning Acropolis, under the surveillance of the Mongols, Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng were carrying a long piece of wood.
Both of them were low-level military attachés from Jinyiwei. First, they followed Guan Wuyuan to support Shaanxi and Gansu. Later, because the leading general Han Zhang had a whimsical plan to attack the Mongolian coalition forces, they suffered a disastrous defeat on the south bank of the Weishui River. The two of them also
He became a prisoner of the Mongolian coalition forces!
It stands to reason that Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng, who had gone from being military attachés to being prisoners with an uncertain future, should be in a state of panic rather than despair. However, the expressions of Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng at this time did not show any discouragement, but rather.
There was a hint of hope and nervousness.
The wood that the two of them were carrying was more than ten feet long and weighed nearly two hundred kilograms. It was going to be used as the catapult arm, so it was naturally very difficult for the two of them to carry it.
Halfway through the transportation, both of them couldn't hold on any longer, so they put down the wood and took a break.
However, just as the two put down the wood, they heard someone shouting in an arrogant and domineering voice: "Liu Quan, Huo Sicheng! Who told you two to rest?! Why don't you continue carrying the wood! The Mongolian men want you to wait for three days.
Twenty siege engines have been built within this period, and not half of them have been built so far. If you two dare to be so lazy, aren't you afraid that the old Mongolian men will whip you?"
This voice was in authentic Chinese, and the speaker was also Han, but it was Ma Hui, the Han supervisor of this workshop and Wang Ying's confidant!
Of course, this is just Ma Hui's superficial identity. In fact, Ma Hui is also a member of Jinyiwei! And he is also a member of Jinyiwei Baihu!
Of course, Ma Hui is also one of the executors of Zhao Junchen's plan! His current appearance of being arrogant and domineering and loyal to the Mongols is just a disguise!
Therefore, after hearing Ma Hui's reprimand, Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng appeared to be afraid of getting angry, but their eyes were extremely calm.
When Ma Hui reprimanded the two men, he took the opportunity to come to them. After looking at the surrounding situation with his peripheral vision, he saw that there were no Mongolians watching nearby, so he lowered his voice and asked them: "How is the situation? Plan.
Is it going well?"
Liu Quan also lowered his voice and replied: "After these few days of secret instigation, coupled with the rumors that the Mongolian Tatars want to kill all the Han prisoners, the more than 300 brothers in the workshop have already decided to fight to the death.
Idea, as long as there is a suitable opportunity and someone takes the initiative to take the lead, I believe they will all act together with us!"
Then, Huo Sicheng said: "In addition, the weapons and kerosene buried underground in the workshop are all ready and can be used at any time! In addition, the thirteen catapults that have been built so far are also ready.
We secretly adjusted the angle and distance, and can project kerosene onto the city walls, granaries, and stables at any time!"
After listening to Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng's report, Ma Hui's expression was both nervous and excited, his voice and body were trembling a little, and he gritted his teeth and said: "As the saying goes, seeking wealth in danger! As long as we can succeed this time, we will naturally have countless military exploits.
, coupled with the promise of the Imperial Envoy, we will definitely be prosperous in the future! Become a king or a bandit, we have to fight here! If we lose, the Imperial Envoy will also come forward to take care of our wives and children!"
Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng also nodded slightly, their expressions equally mixed with excitement and nervousness.
Then, Ma Hui took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and said slowly: "According to the imperial envoy's plan, if nothing happens, a large army will attack Zhenning Acropolis in the near future! When the time comes, we must cooperate internally and externally.
We must create enough chaos in the city to create opportunities for the army outside the city. Cooperate inside and outside to recapture Zhenning Acropolis in the shortest possible time! There is no room for failure in this matter! The two of you will go over all the links again. All arrangements must be in place.
Be foolproof!”
After Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng agreed, Ma Hui scolded them loudly and then left in a swaggering manner.
As for Liu Quan and Huo Sicheng, they looked at each other and continued to carry the wood towards the workshop.
At the same time, under the leadership of He Zhang, the vanguard of the new warrior army had appeared twenty miles east of Zhenningwei!
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ps: Some readers blamed Chongzi for resuming the update without explaining the reason... Chongzi really didn't know how to explain it! The reason is still the same, family members are sick!... But why do your family members always get sick? Why have you never seen anyone else?
The author's family has so many diseases?... I remember that when Chongzi explained it this way last time, he encountered a lot of doubts, so I really don't want to explain it again this time. After all, various things at home are already upsetting.
After being questioned, Chongzi will become more and more irritable. I originally thought of resuming the update quietly without explaining anything, but I didn't expect that some readers would question Chongzi's sincerity... Therefore, Chongzi will explain the reasons here. If you want to believe it, just believe it.
, if you don’t want to believe it, just think it’s a bug making things up.
It has been very difficult recently. During the Chinese New Year, my family was sick again and there were many things going on. At that time, my mother said to Chongzi, "Don't you dare to get sick too, otherwise there will be no one at home." In fact, Chongzi's knee was knocked at that time
I was covered in bruises, but I didn't dare to say anything, so I just kept running around. It wasn't until two weeks ago that I had the chance to go to the hospital for a check-up. At that time, my knee was already swollen to the point of being swollen, full of fluid, and the meniscus was damaged.
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Life is always tiring to deal with, and Chongzi also envies those authors who have a safe creative environment. Unfortunately, he did not cherish the opportunity at the beginning, and it was his own fault.