Ma Xiaoquan said: "Since the Jurchen army dug a hole, we will dig it too. General Zhao and Eunuch Ji, please take a look. There is a ditch in front of our city. If the Jurchens want to be invisible, they must dig a ditch deeper than the ditch."
It's still deeper, but it's impossible in this emergency moment, so they will probably pass through the moat ditch, and then we will find it."
Ji Yong said: "But if we also dig holes, the foundation of the city wall will be unstable."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "As the saying goes, a war never tires of deceit. I said we will dig holes, but in fact whether we dig holes or not is still a question."
Ji Yong was stunned for a moment, then realized and laughed: "Mr. Deacon, could it be that he wanted to let those stupid Jurchens dig first? They had almost dug, and suddenly we said we would dig too. At that time, I don't know what Huang Taiji's face was.
How ugly, haha..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, gave Ji Yong a thumbs up and said, "My father-in-law is really amazing, he reminds you of everything~"
Ji Yong nodded, and he was very impressed by Ma Xiaoquan's praise: "No, no, that's just what I thought."
Ma Xiaoquan gave Zhao Lingjiao an imperceptible look. The latter understood and flattered Ji Yong: "My father-in-law has thought so much, and the general is ashamed of himself. Then I will order you to go down and stare at the front of the city."
Once the Jurchen army makes new moves in the city's moat ditch, we will respond immediately."
"Okay~~"
...
Digging a hole is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but Huang Taiji did not believe in this evil. He asked the soldiers to dig hard and try to open a passage to Jinzhou City as quickly as possible.
But when the Jurchen army dug in front of the city moat and planned to dig down to avoid the city moat, Zhao led his men to stand on the city wall and shouted: "No need to waste your efforts digging holes, we have already dug them in the city."
If you dig a ditch, we will bury you alive, haha..."
As soon as this news came out, it was equivalent to a death sentence for the Jurchen army's move. The messenger sent the Ming army's words back to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji was very angry. He guessed that the Ming army might be deceiving him, but if he continued to dig now,
I'm afraid it's not hidden anymore.
Soldiers are precious, and soldiers use cunning tactics. If you can't effectively avoid the opponent's sharp edge, even if you dig through the city wall, there may be nothing you can do.
In desperation, Huang Taiji could only withdraw his troops at the expense of gold. In today's battle, at the last moment, the Ming army finally took a breath of bad breath.
...
Late that night, it was extraordinarily calm. Both the enemy and ourselves had consumed a lot during the day. At this moment, they were both resting and preparing for war.
The war is temporarily stopped, but letters are flying back and forth like snowflakes.
Huang Taiji knew that Jinzhou City was difficult to defeat, so after temporarily withdrawing his troops, he wrote several letters to persuade him to surrender, and he could not defeat the enemy without fighting. As for the Ming army, Zhao Lijiao, Ma Xiaoquan and Ji Yong led the team.
, unanimously believed that this was Huang Taiji's trick to lure the enemy. After these two days of fighting, the Ming army had a somewhat vain mentality. After consecutive victories, this mentality has disappeared.
Coupled with the constant encouragement from Ma Xiaoquan and others, they constantly warned the Ming army that once your homeland is broken, your women will become other people's playthings and your children will be killed by them.
To be fair, if the Jurchens captured the city, they would not be as cruel as Ma Xiaoquan and others said.
Among the Jurchen tribes, there is an unwritten rule that they do not kill women and children who are no taller than the back of a horse. However, after all, there are differences between the Han and Jurchens. In view of the shadow of the previous dynasty (Yuan Dynasty), the Han people unanimously believed that the Jurchens would
Just like those in power in the Yuan Dynasty suppressed the Han people and raped the Han people wantonly.
...
In the meeting hall, Ma Xiaoquan, Zhao Zhijiao and other major figures gathered together to discuss the countermeasures for tomorrow.
On the desk were five letters from the Jurchen Army, some of which were for peace and some for persuasion to surrender, but the main meaning was only one - open the city gate and let me in.
Not only that, the Jurchen Army also sent spies to send part of the surrender letter to certain major figures, which contained records.
Ji Yong said nothing about this matter, but he felt a drumbeat in his heart.
Jurchen promised Ji Yong in the letter that as long as you find a way to help us open the gate of Jinzhou City, after we enter the city, we will keep a generous reward for you. Not only that, we will also promote you to a higher position, and promised
You will be a member of our Jurchen Army from now on.
I have to say that this letter is very provocative, especially the treasures mentioned in it, which are simply tailor-made for those who are greedy for money.
If Ji Yong was not moved, it would be a lie. At this moment, he did not pay attention to a word of what Ma Xiaoquan and others were discussing.
"Then...what does Eunuch Ji think about this matter?" Zhao Shujiao suddenly asked.
Ji Yong came back to his senses, uttered an ahhhhhh, looked at Zhao Shujiao, and said sheepishly: "Uh, I didn't hear you clearly just now. Please tell me again, General Zhao."
Zhao Shujiao frowned slightly and thought to himself that there were only four or five people in this meeting hall. You almost yelled out, but you said you didn't hear clearly? What are you thinking, you damn eunuch?
Complaints were complaints, so Zhao Shujiao told Ji Yong what had just been agreed upon.
"Oh, that's it, then... let's do this~" Ji Yong nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that Ji Yong had been uneasy since he came in. He might have seen or heard something. Hmm~ Could it be that Huang Taiji secretly wrote a letter to Ji Yong to induce him to surrender?
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly said: "I used to serve as a deacon of the Imperial Guard in the capital, uh, and I still do now. I remember when I interrogated prisoners, um, especially the Jurchen spies, the most common thing they said was that the Jurchens promised to grant them official posts and make wishes.
The popular ones drink the spicy ones, but they didn’t wait till they died. Do you know why not?”
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhu Mei has always been interested in Ma Xiaoquan's work as a guard. When he has nothing to do, he also likes to go to Ma Xiaoquan and pester him to talk about things happening in the capital.
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan talk about this matter, Zhu Mei naturally couldn't let it go. He asked: "Master Deacon, why?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "It's very simple, because the Jurchens are lying. You don't know, but I have been to Shenyang City twice. Most of the Han women there are prostitutes, and most of the Han men there are also prostitutes."
They are forced to do life-and-death work, and no one cares about them until they are exhausted. You say, the Jurchens are no different from the Mongols back then. If some of us surrender to them, will there be any good fruits?"
"Yeah, yeah, that's right~" Zhu Mei nodded in agreement.
"So, what should we do, or how to do it. The moon outside is not rounder than ours... But it is possible to deceive the Jurchens. As the saying goes, if you don't see the rabbit, don't let the eagle fly.
When we see a rabbit, we won’t let it fly, hehe~”
Ji Yong can be regarded as a veteran. Although Ma Xiaoquan didn't mention it by name, he understood about it.
Ji Yong was secretly grateful to Ma Xiaoquan. His original intention was not to surrender. He wanted the deacon Huang Taiji to promise his wealth.
But Ma Xiaoquan also said just now that you can't believe such empty words. It's better to ask him for some real benefits first.
Thinking of this, Ji Yong also echoed: "That's right, I am supervising you. If anyone wants to surrender, suppress it as soon as possible. If I find out, I will deal with it under military law~"
...
In the Jurchen camp, Huang Taiji also led his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.
All the leaders were very disappointed with the results of today's battle, and some even blamed Huang Taiji.
As a Great Khan, you must be tolerant. No matter what others said, Huang Taiji did not refute.
We are all smart people, so it is enough to say something. If you say it too much, the nature will change.
Those tribal leaders who said that Huang Taiji was wrong saw that he didn't respond, so they stopped talking.
The conversation then turned to the issue of aid to Shenyang.
Huang Taiji said: "I'm afraid it's still a few days from Shenyang City to here. These days we mainly focus on attacking the mind. After all, every time we start a large-scale battle, we consume too much. Besides, we don't have much food and grass."
A tribal leader suggested: "Why don't we continue to attack the city tomorrow, but mainly test and harass them."
Huang Taiji nodded: "That's very good~"
The next day, the Jurchen army began to attack the city. On this day, they did not make a large-scale advance, but mainly harassed the Ming army with bows, crossbows and arrows.
Taking advantage of the geographical advantages, the Ming army also used the same methods to retaliate. Of course, the two sides came and went like this, which indeed caused a certain degree of harassment to each other. It can be regarded as injuring the enemy by 3,000 and damaging itself by 800.
In the next few days, the Jurchen army and the Ming army continued to fight while constantly negotiating peace and persuading them to surrender.
After resting for a few days, Ma Xiaoquan's physical strength has almost recovered. He stood on the city wall and looked around. Ma Xiaoquan turned back to Zhao Lijiao and Ji Yong behind him and said: "The Jurchen army persuaded us to surrender and at the same time besieged the city. You two." What do you think?"
Ji Yong said: "Their reinforcements from Shenyang are coming soon, so they will have more people."
Zhao led the teacher and said: "Our reinforcements are coming soon. With the geographical advantage, we will definitely not lose, because we have more food and grass than they do, and we can consume them to death."
Ji Yong smiled and said: "That's true, but I think we have to put on a show with the governor (Yuan Chonghuan) to see if Huang Taiji can be fooled."
Ma Xiaoquan jumped off the city wall and said with a smile: "Did Eunuch Ji have some good ideas?"
Ji Yong chuckled: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. It's actually a general. If the general is deceived by us, how do you think things should be handled?"
Zhao Shujiao was impatient, rubbed his hands and said: "Eunuch Ji, don't try to sell things, just say it~"
Ji Yong smiled slightly and said to Ma Xiaoquan: "After yesterday's meeting, I told the deacon everything, so let the deacon do the talking~"
