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There are only 150 Eight Banners soldiers stationed here. Seeing that the situation is not good, the guard quickly decided to withdraw.And retreat in an orderly manner, let the family members of the soldiers bring money, food and livestock, cross the river to the north bank of the Beihe River and leave, and then row over to pick up the defenders.

Lu Xiangsheng had nothing to do about it. Without the help of hot air balloons, he would not even be able to see the enemy's movements clearly.

Because there are mountains on the north bank of the river, the Datong army can only shell on the south bank of the river in the south, and there is no way to display troops in other places.

"Master Zheng, the enemy has withdrawn!"

After falling down to refuel, in the hot air balloon that rose again, soon there were sentries waving flags to pass the news.

"Cross the river and seize the city!" Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

There are only more than 1000 serfs left in the city, and there are no Han Chinese, all of them are Korean serfs.The Han people here were all taken away by Huang Taiji as early as seven years ago.

After a day's rest, go up the river valley, and you will find Phoenix City dozens of miles away.

The area of ​​Fenghuang City is about the same as that of Tangzhan Fort. The overall shape is square, and the four walls are each 350 meters long.

Similarly, it is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side.

However, it is far stronger than Tangzhanbao!

"Master Zheng, I have caught a few Tartars and worked carefully."

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's No.14 division set up camp, four people were arrested by soldiers from the search mountain.

The leader knelt down when they met, and shouted: "Wen Enxun, a small citizen of the lower country, pays homage to the general of the Celestial Dynasty of the upper country!"

"Are you Han?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Wen Enxun replied: "General Qi, Xiaomin is a Korean."

Lu Xiangsheng wondered: "Since you are Korean, why are you in the mountains south of Phoenix City?"

Wen Enxun explained: "General Rong, my father was originally the Korean envoy (translator) stationed in Sheng... Shenyang. After my father died of illness, the current North Korean king killed his father and usurped the throne. Wen's family... was also liquidated and killed. Xiaomin could not return to North Korea, and it was useless to stay in Shenyang, so he asked to settle down in Liaodong to cultivate. The Tatar Chief Dorgon promised dozens of acres of land and gave it back to several Korean serfs, so that Xiaomin's family could live in Liaodong. farming in the ravines of Phoenix."

This old man is one of the ancestors of the Wen family in Fengcheng City hundreds of years later.

Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Why don't you retreat into the city?"

Wen Enxun said: "How can the Tartars stop the heavenly soldiers? Xiaomin is a Korean, so how can he help the Tartars to defend the city? Therefore, after Tangzhanbao was ignited, Xiaomin brought his whole family and serfs, Hide in the mountains and wait for the heavenly soldiers to arrive."

This guy said it nicely, but he was actually afraid of death, so he took the opportunity to stand in line with the Datong Army.

After the king of North Korea usurped the throne, he killed many of the Wen family, which shows that the Wen family was close to the Manchus and belonged to the dogs raised by the Manchus in North Korea.In the past, he turned his back on the master and took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now he has taken refuge in the Datong court.

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Do you know the military situation in Phoenix City?"

Wen Enxun said: "There are 1200 Tartar soldiers stationed in Phoenix City, and 150 troops have been withdrawn from Tangzhanbao. There should be 1350 regular soldiers. However, there are quite a lot of bannermen scattered in the valley, and now they are all withdrawn into the city. If we guard the city together, there may be four or five thousand Tartar soldiers in the city, maybe even five or six thousand. Also, the Tartar soldiers in the city are all Han Jurchens."

The Han Jurchen is the Sinicized Jurchen.

These Jurchens, speaking Chinese and using Chinese surnames, were assimilated by the Daming military households in Phoenix City, so they were all compiled into the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Wen Enxun wanted to do meritorious service wholeheartedly, and continued: "The guard of Phoenix City is Shuerhaqi's youngest son, Naodai. He was involved in Amin's case in his early years and was deposed as a common man. Two years ago, Dorgon tried to win over Ji Erhalang gave Nao Dai the title again, and let Nao Dai come to garrison Phoenix City."

Nao Dai is Nurhachi's nephew, and he has served as Nurhachi's personal guard for several years, and he can barely be regarded as battle-tested.

Lu Xiangsheng knew most of this information.

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Many Korean serfs have been evacuated into the city. The Tartars must have forced the Koreans to help defend the city. Can you go and persuade them to surrender?"

"This..." Wen Enxun was afraid of death, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he said bravely, "Xiaomin is willing to serve the general!"

Instead of persuading them to surrender immediately, they fired their cannons and confronted the defenders of Phoenix City across the river.

There are six cannons in Phoenix City, and they are condescending. The artillerymen of the Datong Army dare not underestimate them.First let the civilians bear the gunfire and build the fort with earth and rocks to form an earth wall on the bank. The barrel can protrude from the muzzle, but the body of the gun is blocked by the earth wall.

Under the pouring of artillery fire from the defenders, more than 70 civilians were killed, and this section of earth wall was finally built.

Although not strong, the soft earth walls can effectively absorb the kinetic energy of enemy shells.

"Boom boom boom!"

The two sides clashed for five days, and Wen Enxun was sent to persuade them to surrender.

This guy was sitting in a small boat, with shells splashing around him, and he was trembling with fright after he hadn't advanced a few meters.

The Datong soldier who was rowing said with a smile: "Mr. Wen, don't be afraid. Our boat is small, and we are so far away from the spears. It is not easy for Tartar shells to hit us."

"Yes... yes..." Wen Enxun lay on the boat and trembled.

Seeing that the boat was approaching the north bank, the artillery of the Datong Army stopped firing.

"Mr. Wen, the artillery fire from the Tartars has also stopped, so hurry up and seize the opportunity to speak out."

"boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another shell hit, and the water even splashed on Wen Enxun's body, and the ship's hull was almost capsized by the waves.

The boat continued to move forward, and had already entered the dead end of the city defense artillery.

Wen Enxun was urged to stand up, picked up the tin trumpet, and shouted in Korean: "Listen, Korean people in the city, my name is Wen Enxun, and I am also Korean. Don't help the Tartars to defend the city anymore. Well, Phoenix City will be breached sooner or later. Take up your weapons and rebel, take this opportunity to make great contributions, from now on... ah!"

Because of the shooting angle, artillery can't hit them, but bows and arrows can, and a rain of arrows shoots over.

Wen Enxun retreated in a panic and fell on the boat. The nearest arrow was only half a meter away from him.

After desperately shouting twice, Wen Enxun finally returned, paralyzed by fright, and was dragged off the boat in the end.

On the city wall, Nao Dai frowned and said: "The Koreans in the city are only given one meal a day, and each meal can only drink a bowl of porridge. If you can't die of hunger, you can work. Both hands and feet are all tied with ropes so They can only take half a step at a time."

After thinking about it, Nao Dai said again: "Call together the warriors, and go out of the city tonight to attack at night!"

Capable generals defending the city will usually look for opportunities to go out of the city to harass, otherwise being surrounded will hurt morale.

Nao Dai followed Nurhachi and fought against Daming for several years, so he was by no means a scumbag who did not understand military affairs.Of course, he has been deposed as a commoner for more than ten years, and he hasn't fought a tough battle in such a long time, so it is possible that his skills will recover.

Abandoned as a commoner, not a real commoner.

After being stripped of all titles, Nao Dai is still helping out.For example, Ningyuan City, because the outer city was destroyed, Nao Dai presided over the restoration of the Ningyuan Outer City.

He has studied the structure of Ningyuan City very well, and is naturally good at how to defend the city.

After coming to Phoenix City, Nao Dai also built a "big acute angle" in Phoenix City, which is a similar style of the Western Bastion.Therefore, the Phoenix City in front of them is particularly troublesome. Facing a close-range siege, neither the firecrackers nor the bows and arrows have a dead angle.

Lu Xiangsheng's choice was to divide his forces.

One is stationed in the southwest, that is, the "Fengcheng Stadium" a few hundred years later.There are rivers to the north and east, and mountains to the southeast. Protect the passage from the southwest. This is also the food road for the Datong Army.

One part crosses the river to the east, turns around to the north and returns from crossing the river, and camps between the mountains and the river. There is a 600-meter-wide passage here, and trenches can be dug all the way.

Fortunately, the area of ​​Phoenix City is small, and the length of the east, west, north and south sides is only 350 meters, so it is impossible to make perfect use of this terrain.

If the area of ​​Phoenix City was several times larger, then Lu Xiangsheng would be completely blind.Surrounded by water on three sides, with mountains on one side, and the sharp corners of the bastion, there is no other way but to bombard it with artillery.

After Lu Xiangsheng observed the terrain, he seized the loopholes and divided his troops to dig trenches. Nao Dai also sent people from the mountains to attack at night.

Chapter 551 [Sinicized Jurchen]

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the earthen castle in front of him and said with emotion: "The enemy will defend well, so don't take it lightly."

To the northeast of Phoenix City, the 600-meter-wide passage has been blocked by Nao Dai's earthen fortress.Also, it doesn't look very new, it was built at least a year ago.

This earthen fortress turned out to be his mother's bastion, fully imitating the Datong Army bastion in Gaizhou!

Therefore, digging trenches and attacking Phoenix City becomes digging trenches and attacking bastions, which can delay Lu Xiang's promotion for at least a month.

One month, plus the previous consumption, is enough for Dorgon to send reinforcements.

The problem is, Dorgon also has the Datong Army, and the Tartars in Phoenix City are doomed not to wait for reinforcements.

After camping on the bank and digging for a day, the five hundred warriors selected by Nao Dai also went into the mountains to the north and came around to attack at night. .

The officer who led the night attack was called Zhang Fengyan. He spoke Chinese and had a Chinese name. The men farmed and the women weaved, just like Han people.But his ancestors were from the Jurchen tribe, but they were Sinicized.

If it wasn't for Nurhachi's rebellion, these Sinicized Jurchens in Liaodong would become real Han people in another 200 years.

Datong Army's hot air balloon made Nao Dai very afraid, and Zhang Fengyan was only allowed to set off after dark.

By the time these Tartars climbed over the mountains and circled to the rear of Lu Xiangsheng's sub-camp, it was almost dawn, which happened to be the time when the soldiers were most sleepy.

Zhang Fengyan squatted among the thorn bushes, quickly saw the direction, and marched forward with the soldiers in his belt.

But not too far down the mountain, Zhang Fengyan secretly thought something was wrong.

In order to prevent night raids, Lu Xiangsheng actually burned all the weeds and trees around the camp for a mile, and cut off all the weeds and trees that could not be burned.

Zhang Fengyan couldn't hide, so he had to keep his body low and lead his troops towards the camp.

About ten meters away from the camp, Zhang Fengyan felt that he bumped into something.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang..."

In the silent dawn, a crisp bell sounded suddenly.

Zhang Fengyan buried his head to check, and found a hemp rope dyed black on his calf.Moreover, there is more than one hemp rope of this kind, which is circled around the camp, and small bells are sporadically tied to the hemp rope.

The Datong sentinel, who couldn't help but fight his eyelids, was instantly awakened by the ringing of the bell. He vaguely saw someone outside the camp, and immediately blew the copper whistle hanging on his chest.

"Get out!"

Zhang Fengyan turned around and ran, no matter how late it was, it would be too late.

Half of the dragoons of No.14 Division are in this division battalion, and the cavalry leader Lin Zhidong is also there.

Lin Zhidong is from Huating County, Jiangsu Province. He was supposed to be a Wu Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen. Craftsmanship of the Animal Husbandry.

But in this time and space, there is no 16 years of Chongzhen.

Lin Zhidong was born in the Huating family, his grandfather was a student of the Imperial College, and his father was admitted as a scholar.The new dynasty of Datong was established, and his family asked him to be a civil servant. Lin Zhidong could only obey his father's order, and was even promoted to the section chief of the official department of Huating County.

Hearing that the Datong Army was expanding and recruiting people skilled in bow and horse, Lin Zhidong quietly joined the army.

The chief of the county government office came to be a recruit, the only one in the army.Moreover, he has great strength, is skilled in bow and horse, and is familiar with military books.Of course Lin Zhidong gained attention, and in just two years, he was promoted to the cavalry commander of the No.14 Division.

"The whole army is on horseback!"

The newly built camp has no special stables, and all the cavalry sleep with their horses.

Hearing the warning, Lin Zhidong quickly rushed out with the cavalry, and the infantry had already removed the hemp rope outside the camp.

"Da da da da!"

The sound of horseshoes behind him made Zhang Fengyan feel desperate, how could he run with two legs better than four.

Although he was the general of the dragoons, Lin Zhidong brought a bow.

When the soldiers under his command fired their guns on horseback, Lin Zhidong drew his bow and shot an arrow, which accurately hit a Tartar on the back.

After the other dragoons fired, they immediately retracted their guns and drew out their waist knives to chase after them.

Lin Zhidong drew his bow and set his arrow again, and shot the second arrow with a whoosh, once again overturning a tartar.

It can only be said that the archery skills are amazing. On the high-speed bumpy horseback, two consecutive arrows hit the running enemy, and the moonlight at dawn was very dark.It is indeed the 16th year of Chongzhen, the only Wu Jinshi of civil origin.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, Zhang Fengyan planned to fight stubbornly, but he couldn't gather the army at all.

Although these Jurchen soldiers who were incorporated into the Han army banner fought bravely, they would definitely run away if they were destined to die, because they still had a chance to survive.

Zhang Fengyan picked up the bow and arrow, then put it down again, and unexpectedly knelt down and surrendered. He was the only one among the five hundred soldiers who attacked at night to surrender.

From the generation of his grandparents, he farmed land for the Ming Frontier Army in Phoenix City.His father also served as the guard of Phoenix City.In the face of the Manchu attack, it was the defender of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered himself. Zhang Fengyan's father still wanted to resist the Tartars.

Later, Mao Wenlong sent envoys to incite the defenders of Phoenix City to rebel against the Qing.Zhang Fengyan's father was actually killed by Han soldiers who were regarded as rebels.

Although Zhang Fengyan also fought with the army, he always invaded North Korea and then returned to Phoenix City to be stationed.

This is his first time fighting a Han army.

As a Sinicized Jurchen, to be honest, he has a greater sense of belonging to the Han nationality.Before the Manchu dynasty gained power, his Sinicized Jurchens extremely despised the Jianzhou Jurchens, thinking they were a bunch of shameless barbarians.

Hundreds of Tartars were running away, but no one cared about Zhang Fengyan who was kneeling on the ground.

After shooting the third Tartar, Lin Zhidong drew his sword and slashed, chopping down several Tartars in front one after another.

This was a battle without any suspense. Five hundred Tartars came to attack at night, only more than 20 fled into the mountains, and the rest were all captured or beheaded.

As the leader of the night attack, Zhang Fengyan was taken to see Lu Xiangsheng.

Without waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to ask questions, Zhang Fengyan kowtowed and said, "General, I have never killed a Han person, not even a single Han person."

"Oh?" Lu Xiangsheng became a little interested.

Zhang Fengyan said: "General Qi, the villain's grandfather, served as a tenant for a hundred households of the Han army in Fenghuang City. The villain's father, served as a personal soldier for the Han general in Fenghuang City. When the Tartars came, the general surrendered. Afterwards, the main general rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and turned to the Ming Dynasty, and the villain’s father was also killed by the Tartars. It was later found out that the murder was manslaughter, because the villain’s father was a Jurchen, so the villain was incorporated into the Han army banner.”

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Since it was incorporated into the Han army flag, why did it say that no Han people were killed?"