Chapter 11 Huang Jitai’s Abnormality

Author: Dongchen Yuanxiu

Chapter 11 Huang Jitai’s Abnormality

"You, you!"

Duke Guo of Qi was so angry that he could not speak.

Zhenguo Niuqing responded directly;

"Master Shen, why don't you go to the Northeast to take charge of the overall situation yourself? If that doesn't work, we old guys will go with you to see if your sharp tongue can influence the Jurchens, especially Huang Jitai. It's best to persuade him. I will give up the title in the meantime." Here it is, if you become the Duke of this country, the scenery will be great."

"Yeah yeah!"

The ranks of noble generals began to fight back. Seeing that all the generals came out to support the opinions of the Duke of Zhen,

The boss of the Minister of Rites, Bian Zhengru, the Minister of Rites, stood up and said,

"Your Majesty, I would like to say something fair. Shen Zhongxin is right to come out and oppose it. If everyone can do whatever they want, it will be a mess. Why don't we just go and rob like the Jurchens? Besides, what if we talk about the war? We have all become civil servants, so what else do we need from you generals? You might as well go home and hold your children!"

As soon as Mr. Bian Ge said these words, the civil servants were all suppressing laughter, and it was very hard to endure it.

Niong Qing, who was in charge of Zhenguo, also had a gloomy face. Seeing this, Wang Ziteng had no choice but to speak out.

"Dear princes and elders, we are discussing the crisis of defending the city ahead, not whether it is in compliance with the rules. Isn't it urgent this time? It is impossible to send reinforcements. It is impossible to give Pingyang County to the Jurchens, let alone Maybe, now is the time to make an exception and take a step back during special times."

But people on both sides still glared at each other.

When Zhou Shihong saw this scene, he laughed in his heart. He finally separated the civilian group and the honorary group, or planted the seeds of division. It was not easy.

Zhao Ge, Minister of the Ministry of War, sighed inwardly when he saw this situation. Only then did he understand the emperor's motives, but this was a conspiracy and there was no solution.

In the future, the rift between civil servants and noble military officers will be buried. It is indeed difficult to make up for this calculation, but this time it is really helpless.

"I also agree with the opinions of Duke Qi and Duke Zhen!"

Mr. Zhao Ge also supported it and said that it would be better to relax a little.

But no one appreciated it. The people on the side of the noble general all moved a small step to the right when they saw Mr. Zhao Ge speaking. The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Zhou Shihong didn't care about these small things.

"Then it's settled. Let's see if there are any other big and good houses. Dai Quan, you can arrange them and make sure they are perfect. As for this woman, this year's palace maid, or the female officer or female history officer in the palace. You look at it. If you choose, if it doesn't work, send it to him, and the expenses will come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Be sure to take it seriously!"

Zhou Shihong made another special statement.

"Slaves must do their best to obey orders."

At this time, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch in charge of Changle Palace, walked into the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

Say it directly;

"The Emperor has a decree,"

"Jin Zun Shengyu."

All the ministers knelt down and worshiped,

"Zhang Jinyu has made great achievements in military affairs and was granted the title of Marquis of Luoyun. He was granted the title of Luoyun Jiedushi to command the military and political power of the entire Luoyun Plain. He is hereditary and will never be reduced in title. I admire this!"

"My son has received the decree, and I know it."

Zhou Shihong achieved his goal. This was just an extra step in advance. He nodded with satisfaction and winked at Dai Quan.

"Stop everything and retreat from the court!"

"Farewell to my emperor!"

The court meeting is over,

However, his influence quickly spread throughout Dawu, and Zhang Jinyu, a young city-defending general, rose to the upper echelons of power in Dawu at a young age.

After the court meeting, the sky was already turning white.

Dawu Empire, Northeast,

Below Pingyang County, today is a crisp autumn day with no clouds in the sky, which is perfect for fighting.

On the top of the city gate,

Seeing that the Jurchen army was steadily marching towards Pingyang County after the assembly, the drummers on the city beat the war drums.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The war drums were beating one after another. When the city guards heard the drums, they gathered at their positions and waited. The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides was about to begin again.

This time, Zhang Jiawu's fifth battalion of 20,000 men continued to defend the city.

Zhang Jinyu and Ningbian still looked out from the attic, and were amazed when they saw that the morale of the Jurchens was not affected at all;

"General, you see, almost 20,000 Jurchens died yesterday. I didn't expect that they are still so powerful today. It seems that their morale has not been affected at all!"

Zhang Jinyu looked at the Jurchen phalanx with high morale and felt a little powerless.

I thought that according to the principles of Blue Star military analysis, in the cold weapon era, a unit with 10% casualties would lose morale, and if the damage exceeded 30%, it would be scrapped. How is this thing calculated?

Huang Jitai's 250,000 troops, how much did he lose if he lost 20,000? This math, physics and chemistry is not good at fighting, but it will be in vain. After calculation, the loss was about 8%.

But when I saw that the Jurchens in the military formation were still the same as yesterday, not affected at all, which expert came up with this thing? Isn’t it a lie? It’s misleading.

"Yeah! I saw it. It is indeed the elite of the Jurchens' big account, and it is well-deserved for its reputation!"

"General, why do you think Huang Jitai is determined to attack us? His territory is so big and it's not enough? It's a pity that such an elite soldier died filling in the moat! If he had held on for a few more days, Huang Jitai's soldiers would have died.

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Ningbian felt a little optimistic,

"How is that possible? It's not time to attack the city yet. They are just casualties. Besides, the key is later. What did you just say?"

Zhang Jinyu, who was talking, suddenly had an idea flash in his mind and asked hurriedly,

"What general? I just said that the Jurchens come to attack us because they have such a large territory. It's a pity for these soldiers!"

"If it's not right later,"

"If we hold on for a few more days, Huang Jitai's soldiers will be dead."

"Yes! That's it! It's impossible for Huang Jitai to bury all the elites in Pingyang. After he fills in the moat, there will be about 230,000 left after the loss. If he is killed, he will give him less than half of the battle damage. The 180,000 cordon, Huang Jitai

The troops must be withdrawn!"

"General is so sure? What if Huang Jitai accepts death and refuses to leave?"

Ningbian was also thinking about what might happen,

"What you said makes sense. Then if you don't give him hope, or should I say hope, then it depends on how we fight! Let's light up the flag a lot, and we can't lose with the momentum."

"Yes, General!"

outside the city,

Huang Jitai led the army to rest in an open area 4 miles away from the moat, and asked Hu Yanhan to lead his cavalry to supervise the battle and guard the front.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

With the clarion call of attack is a desolate reminder.

"Charge! Charge forward!"

The Jurchen infantrymen began to repeat yesterday's landfill operation.

This time the Jurchens changed their formation. They no longer rushed over unprotected to fill the land. Instead, they took out the large siege protection shields in advance. Two or three meters high iron shields were erected directly beside the moat to form a shield wall.

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The soldiers carrying sandbags behind them quickly ran to the river and threw the sandbags through the gaps between the large shields to avoid directly facing the arrows fired by the defenders.

Of course, the unprotected soldiers at the back could not avoid casualties, but the effective protection workers at the riverside in front prevented them from being shot on a large scale.

But compared with the speed, it is much slower. Of course, time is the least valuable thing.

Zhang Jinyu saw that the Jurchens had changed the operation, and the dust was still flying in front of the enemy. It was still like a construction site. A wall was added in front to block the view from inside and outside. The environmental problem was still not solved, so he continued to deal with him.

Immediately, Zhang Jiawu aimed his trebuchet and crossbow at the shield array lined up by the river to carry out precise strikes. After breaking the shield array, he then used crossbow arrows to kill the Jurchen soldiers behind.

The effect is very good. The big shield can't withstand the attack of the boulder at all. Every time it hits it, it will crush both the person and the shield, including the people following behind, into a pile of corpses.

Sure enough, no matter how hard a shield is when it encounters an unreasonable heavy weapon, it will be a dish.

The same is true for bed crossbows. The large shield can withstand one or two attacks at most, and the people behind it will be knocked down because they cannot withstand the impact. The people behind them will be exposed. Soldiers who are not in a hurry will be covered by the bow and arrow at once, and they will stand still.

There are not many left.

The Jurchens' counterattack was quite powerful. They increased the number of people in the shield formation by the river not far away, followed by Jurchen archers, who continued to launch intensive missiles at the city wall, which also caused considerable casualties to the defenders.

As a last resort, Zhang Jiawu also ordered people to erect large shields on the city wall to form a shield wall for the same protection as the Jurchens.

certainly,

Even so,

Nor can it stop the Jurchens from filling in the moat.

The repetitive pattern continued throughout the day, and after the siege side dropped more than 10,000 corpses, several major sections of the eastern moat were finally filled in, making it possible to use troops on a large scale.

But Huang Jitai in the Jurchen Army,

I glanced at the sky,

But suddenly Ming Jin withdrew his troops!
Chapter completed!