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Li Yuanqing was not polite to Chen Zhong. He took the wine pot and sucked a lot of fun, then he gasped heavily.

Chen Zhong smiled and took the wine pot from Li Yuanqing and took a sip, "Yuanqing, don't care. Zhang Pan is this temper. We are all our brothers, so there is no need to hurt the harmony for a little bit of trivial matters."

Li Yuanqing nodded and smiled, "Brother, don't worry. I'm not so petty. By the way, is there any new news in Guangning now?"

Chen Zhong looked up at the night sky, "Not yet. Yuan Qing, do you disagree with Zhang Pan's strategy?"

Chen Zhong said, looking into Li Yuanqing's eyes.

Li Yuanqing let out a long breath of turbid air, "Brother, what do you think of Guangning's defense? To be honest."

Chen Zhong was stunned, "Yuanqing, Guangning is our headquarters, with an army of 130,000, and it has abundant weapons, food and supplies, and a governor is in charge. I don't know, what are you worried about?"

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Chen Zhong said it right. I'm afraid that the little emperor of the Apocalypse and the big men in the court also thought so. The people around Guangning also thought so.

But who is Wang Huazhen?

I'm afraid they've forgotten it.

It is true that Wang Huazhen was able to become the governor of Liaodong. He has his own strengths and has been an official for many years, and is deeply in the officialdom.

But, it’s useless to be a scholar.

After all, Wang Huazhen is not Yu Qian. What can a civil official who only knows how to talk about war on paper and has no practical experience?

Even his mortal enemy Xiong Tingbi probably has no experience in leading the first army to fight.

But in this way, the 130,000 soldiers of the Guangning Army had to follow these two men, and hand over their lives, their wives and children, their lives and belongings to the hands of these two men...

In the past, Zhao Kuo talked about war on paper and fought in Changping. The hundreds of years of Zhao's foundation was buried in Bai Qi.

Now, are you counting on these two scholars to compete with the old slaves who crawled out of the dead?

Taking a deep breath and stabilizing his emotions, Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Brother, do you still remember Sun Degong?"

"Sun Degong?"

Chen Zhong was stunned, "Yuan Qing, are you talking about the local snake guerrilla in Guangning City?"

Li Yuanqing nodded.

"What? Are you with him?" Chen Zhong looked at Li Yuanqing in confusion.

Li Yuanqing certainly understood what Chen Zhong meant and smiled and said, "Brother, I have no conflict with him. On the contrary, if it weren't for his help, I would probably not be the case today."

Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing have been together for a long time, so they naturally understand Li Yuanqing's personality very well. People like Li Yuanqing will never be aimless.

"Yuan Qing, are you saying that Sun Degong has a problem? No, right? He is the confidant general of the governor. I guess after Guangning's battle, this guy has to get a sergeant general, deputy general, right?"

Li Yuanqing smiled.

What happened to Sun Degong is clearly written in history books, and Li Yuanqing would never believe that because he could become a good person after traveling through time.

Wang Huazhen may be able to give Sun Degong the general and deputy general, but can he give General Sun Degong?

Don’t forget that Mao Wenlong has now been promoted to deputy general of Guangning Army.

How many years does Sun Degong have to be older than Mao Wenlong?

"Brother, let's not talk about this for now. What do you think about the battle in Nanguan tomorrow?" Li Yuanqing smiled and changed the subject.

Even though Li Yuanqing went to Guangning now and told Wang Huazhen that Sun Degong was a slutty boy who had already surrendered to his old slave, was Wang Huazhen willing to believe it?

Not to mention that Wang Huazhen doesn't believe it, even Chen Zhong doesn't believe it now, because they can't find the reason why Sun Degong betrayed the Ming Dynasty and betrayed Wang Huazhen.

But soon, reality will slap them hard, and even Daming bent over this heavy slap.

However, no matter how bad the Ming Dynasty is, it is Li Yuanqing's mother country. The decision made by the court is wrong. Li Yuanqing cannot interfere, but he must not watch coldly.

The Liao people were already suffering enough. Even for these simple, kind and hardworking people, Li Yuanqing could only force himself to let go of his dissatisfaction.

When Chen Zhong heard that Li Yuanqing talked about Nanguan, he couldn't help but smile, "Yuanqing, there are less than a thousand Tartars in Nanguan, most of them are Han military flags. Our three divisions have more than 3,000 people. I'm afraid that he will have a ball? Don't worry, tomorrow, I will play the vanguard. We will definitely have a good start."

Chen Zhong said, a trace of hideousness flashed across his tough face. He had been waiting for this day for a long time since the defeat of Zhenjiang.

Li Yuanqing nodded.

Before, Zhang Pan obtained Jinzhou from Liu Aita. At that time, the places such as Nanguan were under Zhang Pan's control. Unfortunately, with the counterattack of the main force of the Inlaid Red Flag, Zhang Pan had no choice but to give up these places and retreat to the dangerous terrain of Lushun.

At this time, although the main force of the Inlaid Red Flag had gone to western Liaoning to meet with the old slave, Manguertai was actually worried that Zhang Pan would stab him from behind, so he made Nanguan a bridgehead, connected with Jinzhou, and firmly suppressed Zhang Pan's troops within a small-scale range of Lushunkou.

If it were usual, even if Zhang Pan had the intention, it would be difficult for him to break through the two oppressions of Nanguan and Jinzhou. However, at this time, with the help of Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing, Zhang Pan was given confidence.

This is also a big reason why Zhang Pan stared at Nanguan.

At this time, the comparison between the power of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty seemed to be powerful, but in fact, in Liao and military terms, the Ming Dynasty had almost lost its full initiative.

It is better to cut one finger than to hurt one finger.

How similar is this scene to when the Red Army was in Ruijin?

However, Taizu, who was talented and powerful back then, made the most correct choice, "Don't care about the gains and losses of time and place, concentrate the main force, and annihilate the enemy's vitality."

This genius-like idea made the Red Army successfully highlight the layers of encirclement of the national army, successfully embarked on the Long March, and finally arrived in northern Shaanxi, leaving a spark of hope for the revolution.

Since Zhang Pan is stubborn, let him be stubborn. Li Yuanqing cannot change everyone's thoughts. He wants to seek temporary benefits from Nanguan, but Li Yuanqing will not stop him, let alone refuse.

To a certain extent, this is indeed considered a counterattack against Liaonan and buying time for the main force of the Guangning Army.

At this time, Xu Heizi on Changsheng Island and Guan Canghai on Heidao have not arrived in Lushun yet. Xu Heizi will arrive tomorrow morning, and Guan Canghai will be longer, but will arrive tomorrow evening.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yuanqing said: "Brother, tomorrow, I will help Zhang Pan attack Nanguan. We must win it within one day."

Chen Zhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Yuanqing, just be able to figure it out. As long as we can kill the Tartars, what can we not let go of?"

Li Yuanqing shook his head, "Brother, I won't plan to fight Jinzhou with you anymore."

Chen Zhong was stunned, "Yuan Qing, why is this?"

Li Yuanqing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Brother, I can't tell you why. Maybe it's intuition. I always feel that the war in Guangning may not go too smoothly. I'm going to go to Guangning to take a look."

Chen Zhong was shocked, "Yuanqing, are you crazy? Go to Guangning? We don't have cavalry. When we get on land, wouldn't we be slaughtered? That's not wise."

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother, of course I won't go to Guangning directly. I want to go to Gaizhou and Sanchahe to find out the movements in Guangning. If you have the opportunity, you will make a vote. If you don't have the opportunity, you will wait for the opportunity at sea. I am still quite sufficient food and grass here, and as long as I don't go ashore rashly, there should be no big danger."

"This..." Chen Zhong couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

To be honest, he was willing to follow Zhang Pan to attack Nanguan and then attack Jinzhou, which was in his interests, but Li Yuanqing's way of doing this posed a big problem for Chen Zhong.

Of course, Li Yuanqing understood Chen Zhong's thoughts and couldn't help but smile, "Brother, you and my brother, don't be so embarrassed. Just stay here. If you have news, we will contact us at any time. We will kill the Tartars, but we will kill them wherever they are."

Seeing that Li Yuanqing was already so straightforward, Chen Zhong could only nodded. He sighed deeply and said, "Yuanqing, I will go and talk to Zhang Pan about this matter when I am going to conquer Nanguan tomorrow."

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Nanguan is a small fort, and the city is not large. During this period, although the slaves of Manguertai strengthened the fort wall and defense measures, they did not fundamentally change the pattern of Nanguan. Its defense against small-scale harassment of less than a thousand people is of some purpose. However, facing the more than 3,000 troops of Li Yuanqing's three troops, the people in the fort dared not fight rashly, and could only rely on the strength of the city to defend.

Starting early the next morning, the vanguard of Li Yuanqing's three troops had already begun to siege Nanguan.

Zhang Pan is the central army, Chen Zhong is the left wing, and Li Yuanqing is the right wing. The three units are in an inverted "Pin" shape, and the small Nanguan is double-teamed.

As for the north, the three ministries directly chose to give up, which is also the so-called "surrounding three and missing one", leaving a way out for the defenders and giving them a glimmer of hope, so that when siege the city, the defenders will not really be killed.

As the sun just rose, Zhang Pan's central army took the lead in launching an attack on Nanguan.

Zhang Pan personally led 200 armored soldiers, under the cover of hundreds of bird guns and archers, approached the fort wall of Nanguan.

Unlike Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, Zhang Pan took over Liu Aita's headquarters, which had sufficient equipment and weapons, and was backed by the local government, and had a strong morale.

Soon, Zhang Panbu approached the fort wall and the long-range firepower of both sides launched a shooting attack.

In the Later Jin defenders of Nanguan, the long-range firepower was mainly bows and arrows. On the side of Zhang Pan of the Ming army, firearms were mixed with bows and arrows.

For a moment, arrows flew in the sky, birds and guns were roaring, and both sides were coming and going, and no one was willing to give in.

However, both sides maintained a distance of about 100 steps. Whether in the Later Jin or Zhang Pan, these blind firepower coverage could not really shoot the enemy.

The firepower lasted for about a quarter of an hour. Li Yuanqing looked at it and saw that the injuries on both sides were probably single digits.

It was expected that the opponent's archers were almost exhausted, so Zhang Pan immediately ordered a team of swords and shield soldiers to hold the front and back, and soldiers wearing various armors carried the ladders and began to launch a real impact on the fort wall.

This is the time when the bayonets really turn red.

Zhang Pan's troops fought with elite troops, and they were very fast. In a few minutes, they had already rushed under the fort wall and set up five or six ladders. The brave soldiers had already begun to climb up the ladder and rushed to the city of Nanguan.

The defenders of the Later Jin Dynasty did not dare to show weakness and launched a crazy counterattack against the Ming army.

Rolling wood, stones, gold juice, and stones, as long as they can cause damage to the Ming army, the Jin defenders behind the city wall would almost throw them away.

Zhang Panmen soon began to suffer casualties.

Although the rolling wood and stones are not fatal, the power of inertia is not small. Some soldiers who have just climbed to the top of the ladder were directly hit by inertia and fell to the ground with constant pain.

The stones are also very large, and the smallest ones must be the size of a football. If you are hit on the head, you may be killed by one blow.

But these are still lucky. Those soldiers who were poured with gold juice were simply worse than death.

Li Yuanqing saw with his own eyes that a Ming army soldier who was about to climb to the top of the city was poured into a clay man with hot gold juice. He burst into tears of pain and jumped off the ladder, but fell on a piece of rolling wood and died directly.

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