In the past two years, although the external situation of the Qing Dynasty has not changed much, its domestic situation is becoming increasingly embarrassing.

First of all, the Eight Banners' soldiers had not invaded the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. They no longer had the large number of people, livestock, food and gold and silver supplies they had obtained through looting. The lives of the middle and lower classes of the Eight Banners have been affected.

Secondly, the smuggling trade gangs at several border borders along Xuanda were almost eliminated by Yang Guozhu and Yang Zhen’s uncle and nephew. In the past, the number of strategic military supplies such as grain, cloth, iron, and nitrate obtained by Qing Dynasty’s Eight Banners relied on Xuanda’s profiteer to smuggle out of the borders and other strategic military supplies.

Another thing is that the soldiers and horses from all over the western Liaoning who were once on two ships led by generals of the Zu family army now have completely different attitudes towards the Qing army.

If in the past, they turned a blind eye to the trade between the Mongolian tribes in the northern border areas of Xuanda, and even participated in it personally and got a share of it, then now, this kind of thing has completely disappeared.

Whether it is out of self-consciousness or out of forcedness, in short, since Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun and others were in Guangning last year, it is impossible for the generals of western Liaoning, including Zu Dashou himself to step on two ships.

Although Huang Taiji, the pseudo-Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was always generous in order to instigate Zu Dashou, but in Guangning, such a thing happened, even if Huang Taiji was generous, he would never trust the generals in western Liaoning.

Moreover, even if Huang Taiji was still tolerant of the generals in western Liaoning, other powerful figures at the upper class of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty could no longer accept that Huang Taiji would continue to tolerate the generals in western Liaoning.

Of course, the most important thing is that even if Huang Taiji can still control the current domestic situation of the Qing barbarians, he can still defeat the opposition voices of other powerful people in the Eight Banners, and continue to treat Zu Dashou and other generals in western Liaoning in the past, it may not work.

Because after the incident between Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun and others in Guangning, the generals in western Liaoning, including Zu Dashou, especially Zhang Cunren and other generals who killed Du Du and contributed Guangning, would never be able to return to the Qing army.

It is precisely because of this that the current generals in western Liaoning will only be stricter in dealing with border trade and smuggling issues, and their methods will only be stricter.

Not to mention that the soldiers and horses in western Liaoning could no longer sell food, iron and other military supplies to the Qing Lu or the Outer Mongolian tribes. Even all the caravans leading to the Qing Lu outside the western Liaoning could no longer pass safely.

Of course, the caravans that came from Xuanda’s entrances, passed through western Liaoning, and finally led to the Qing Lu territory had been extinct for two or three years.

Now only scattered Mongolian tribes from southern deserts are left, passing through the Kalaqin tribe and finally leading to the tribal caravans within the Qing Lu territory.

These caravans from the southern tribes could bring to the Qing barbarians only some livestock, skins and felts.

Therefore, now not only the guns, cannons, bullets and medicines of the heavy artillery team of the Qing Luns, the Qing Luns' Han army, have begun to be stretched, and even the life of fine rice, white flour, flour, and rich food that the Eight Banners' children have become accustomed to is becoming worse than before.

As for the Tianyou who was increasingly dependent on the Eight Banners, the great generals who were able to help the powerful artillery, although they were deeply loved by Huang Taiji and the powerful people of the Eight Banners, they were still regarded as important weapons for the military and national affairs and were always regarded as a top priority.

However, in the absence of sufficient iron and copper materials, even if Kong Youde and his commanded cannons were still entrusted with important tasks, they were still clever and could not cook without rice.

For more than a year, the number of heavy artillery newly built by the Shengjing Artillery Factory led by King Kong Youde was very limited, and there was no enough to be divided.

"From last spring to now, Kong Youde's Shengjing Artillery Factory has consumed countless manpower, material resources and financial resources, destroyed many small cannons and transformed many bronze Buddhas, which has caused complaints from its subordinates, but how many heavy cannons have been built in total?!"

Faced with the face-to-face scolding of Fei Yangwu, a Duke from Zhenguo who was born in the royal family, Tong Shounian shut up very tactfully and said nothing, but Fei Yangwu himself did not calm down because of this. Instead, he became more and more angry the more he thought about it.

"Tell me the truth. From last spring to now, Shengjing Artillery Factory has been newly minted by Tianyou, the general who is very busy and has a total of thirty-one guns!

"If you want to say that thirty-one heavy artillery has been cast, it is actually not a small number. In previous years, just counting this, there are not a few left and right. But the problem is that there are too many places in the Eight Banners that need heavy artillery now!

"Not to mention Shengjing City, it is a first-class and important place in the Qing Dynasty. Half of the newly cast heavy artillery of the Shengjing Artillery Factory must be deployed at the head of Shengjing City.

"As for the most important part outside Shengjing City, some say it is Gaizhou City, some say it is Liaoyang City, Prince Zheng says it is Phoenix City, and of course some say it is our Jiulian City.

"However, the emperor of our Qing Dynasty believed it was Guangning City. Therefore, last year, not only did he spend a lot of manpower and material resources to rebuild Guangning City, but he also allocated a large number of artillery to deploy in Guangning City, including ten newly cast Tianyou cheered the general to re-imagined the heavy artillery.

"You can calculate it yourself. There are still a few s left? Six sects! But even these six sects were divided into two. Prince Rui can divide three sects in Gaizhou City, and Prince Zheng can divide three sects in Phoenix City.

"In other words, the Phoenix City of Prince Aaron, and the ones originally collected, are only five heavy artillery pieces in total. You want me to ask me to get a few heavy artillery pieces from Prince, but I can't open my mouth.

"And even if I open my mouth, I won't come. Even if I want to come, it may not be a good thing. Phoenix City is the gateway to the east of Shengjing. The troops in Jinhai Town are waiting for an opportunity to move. Once they are lost, the gateway to the east of Shengjing will be opened, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Fei Yangwu said as he said, and couldn't help but sigh.

However, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground in the house and did not sigh.

He didn't know what was going on. How could the Qing Dynasty, which was originally thriving, inexplicably become the situation of the three facing enemies now.

If this situation is full of dangers, it seems to be a bit too far, but if it is just a stretch, it seems to be avoiding the important ones again.

In fact, in Fei Yangwu's heart, he also had a more accurate judgment on this situation, that is, internal and external difficulties.

But he didn't dare to say this in front of everyone easily.

After all, he was born in a royal family, and to put it bluntly, everyone present was all slaves and slaves.

He was very sensitive to the fact that he could no longer increase the enemy's prestige and destroy his own ambitions, so he shut up decisively.

"But, Master, we have many soldiers and horses. We can't always stay in the city. According to the rules of our Mishi Inn, there is no reason that we can't keep it."

Seeing that Fei Yangwu finally stopped complaining, Melezhangjingerosechen, who had been kneeling on the side and never spoke, suddenly spoke.

"Also, I heard the report of Han people under my jurisdiction that there will be a tide on the 15th day of the month of the Yajiang River. If the water exits from the river estuary is not smooth, the river surface will rise. At that time, the Nanman Navy ship can reach the river surface from the river estuary.

"Our city defense is as high as before. Although it has been much taller and reinforced, if the Nanman Navy ship carried heavy artillery from the river and fired artillery to attack the city, even if we were guarding the city, we would probably only be beaten!"

Melezhangjingerosechen is stout and his beard cannot cover his face. Although he is less than fifty years old, he is one of the few veterans in the Zhenglan Banner who have made many contributions during the time of Old Nunuerhaci.

Fei Yangwu may not listen to other people's suggestions or even scold them in person.

However, Fei Yangwu, who was a veteran of his father who had been supporting him for several years, has always treated him with courtesy.

At this time, he heard Erosaichen say this, nodded with concern and expressed his approval with a rare expression.

And Erosaichen's words obviously encouraged the Mongolian Jialazhangjing Engetu who had previously advocated the night attack of the river. He glared at him and said to Fei Yangwu again:

"Master, counting the day, it's April 13th. If there is a tide on the 15th, the Nanman Navy ship will reach the river outside the city like last year, and it will be dangerous here!

"It would be better to ask Nucai to lead his army to detour the shallow waters upstream, cross the river overnight, and then head south from the east bank of Yajiang River, and attack the newly built camp of the Southern Barbarians in Jiangdong before dawn.

"The soldiers and horses of the Southern Barbarians have always been timid. In the past, they only dared to hold the city and never dared to fight in the field. The master only had to give his servant two thousand vest soldiers and would definitely defeat the Jiangdong camp of the Southern Barbarians in the battle.

"At that time, without the camp opposite the Daojiang River in Mashi, the Nanmanzi Navy is likely to flee. Even if the Nanmanzi Navy south of Zhenjiang Fort is unknown and dares to come north along the river, we don't have to worry about them landing on the land!

"Besides, at that time, the master led his army to defend the city, and the slave led two thousand vest soldiers to garrison outside. Even if they lend the Southern Barbarian Navy a few courages, they would never dare to go ashore!"

Engetu was born in a grassland tribe and was good at using cavalry and also liked to use cavalry.

He and his Mongolian Jiala were mostly light cavalry without heavy armor. They came to Rurufeng and acted quickly. The best tactics were sneak attacks and pursuits, and the one they didn't like was guarding the city.

On the one hand, the terrain in the city is small and their vest soldiers cannot play their role.

On the other hand, when the sky is vast outside, they can ride their horses at any time, so they feel safe.

Of course, it was also the past experience of winning the Ming army's field battle that gave him great confidence and courage.

"Erosaichen, what do you think?"

Faced with Engetu's insistence, Fei Yangwu, who had originally opposed the night attack on the Ming army camp, was a little shaken.

After all, what Erosaichen said just now, he also realized that he was also worried that the situation he faced would become more complicated and dangerous after the Ming Navy ship arrived at the river near Jiulian City with heavy artillery.

However, the five Niulu vest soldiers under Engetu were one of the main players in his hands. Once they were spread out, their troops would be reduced by one third, which made him feel unsure and had to ask the veteran Eroschen's opinion.

Fortunately, Erosaichen had already made a decision. When he saw Fei Yangwu ask him, he immediately replied:

"Master, whether there is a tide on the river on the fifteenth day is, although I have not paid attention to it and am not sure about it in the past, but this is of great importance, so I suggest that the master would rather believe in it than not.

"As for Engetu's claim, the idea is correct, and the slave agrees, but it is already half over tonight, and the Southern Barbarians have just arrived at the other side of the shore today, so it is impossible for them to go tonight!"

"What do you mean?"

"What a slave means is that in the second half of this night, Engetu can take his Wuniulu vest to the upper reaches of the Puha River, find a shallow place to cross the river, and take the opportunity to cross the river before dawn. Tomorrow, take advantage of the Nanman building a city in Jiangdong to raid his camp along the river!"

After Erosaichen said this, his idea was very clear. He obviously supported sending troops across the river and attacking the Ming army camp.

However, his statement is obviously not exactly consistent with Engtu's plan.

Therefore, as soon as Erosaichen finished speaking, he immediately widened his eyes and asked in confusion.

"Emele Zhangjing means, let's cross the river at night and raid in broad daylight?!"

"Why, don't you dare to go? Do you and your Mongolian Jiala only dare to attack the Southern Barbarians at night?!"

Faced with Engtu's confusion and rhetoric, Erosaichen immediately retorted.

As an old Jurchen general, he looked down on Engetu, who was born in the Eastern Mongolian tribe and his Mongolian Jiala.

However, he looked down on Ming Jun even more.

Therefore, his words were filled with provocations to Engetu and his Mongolian Jiala, and also with contempt for the combat power of the Ming army who had just arrived and built a foothold on the other side of the river.

This is not that he just underestimates the enemy. If he really underestimates the enemy, he would not be worried that Jiuliancheng would be broken.

The reason why he said this was mainly because he believed that although the Ming soldiers were not good, their guns and artillery were sharp, and warships and gunships were incomparable to the defenders in Jiulian City.

Once the Ming army built the city on the east bank of the river, especially once the Ming naval warships and gunships arrived at the city of Jiulian, their troubles would be great.

"It's not that I, Engetu, dare not go, but if I raid the Nanman Camp during the day, I'd like to ask Emele Zhangjing to give him five hundred mitocars vest soldiers!"

Although the Mongolian Jiala in Engetu is also a vest soldier, there are not many heavy armors that can be used to rush into the formation and attack.

Although he looked down on the Ming army, he was not confident and arrogant about the Mongolian Jiala under his command.

For him, if he went to raid the Ming army camp in broad daylight, no matter how suddenly the Ming army was, he would definitely rise up and resist, and he would probably not collapse immediately.

At this time, you need to fight harder Miscar vest soldiers wearing heavy armor.

"Master?"

After hearing Engtu's words, Erosaichen did not answer him directly, but turned to look at Fei Yangwu with a complicated expression under the lights.

The troops defending the city under Fei Yangwu had a total of 15 Niulu, Mi, Meng and Han, commanded by Erosaichen, Engetu and Tong Shounian.

What is rare is that in order to prepare for the war this time, the three Jialas were all fully compiled, especially the Mongolian Jiala and the Han army Jiala each had five Niulu, which together had 3,000 people.

However, the so-called Mizhou Jiala, who is the heart of the city guarding the lord, actually only has three full-edited old Mizhou Niu Records and 900 people.

The other two so-called Miscellaneous Cattle Records are newly added by the new Miscellaneous Cattle Records that mix together with the long-tamed Chaoren.
To be continued...