Chapter 118 Wang Huazhen’s Conspiracy

In just half a day, Jinzhou City, an important Liaodong city, fell back to the hands of the Ming army, which made the Ming army in the city cheer. With only two thousand people lost, the Ming army captured Jinzhou City and wiped out all the thousands of Jurchens who were guarding the city, which was enough to be considered a great victory. You should know that in the previous battle, the number of casualties in the Ming army and the Jurchens each time the Ming army confronted each time was far higher than the enemy. Even in the battle of Chimeng Fort, if the casualties of both sides were not distinguished, it was not the same. Therefore, being able to take this city at such a small price would be enough to make the Ming army happy.

Amid the cheers of the Ming army, Wang Huazhen outside the city reluctantly supported the city wall with his hands, and kept swelling in his belly, vomiting out all the food he had said before. Now his mind was filled with the horror scene just now: first the Jurchen cavalry who came straight towards him, and then there was a deafening loud noise. When he looked behind him again with trepidation, his aim was all about the broken limbs and bodies. Although Wang Huazhen had also been on the battlefield, it was the first time he had seen such a cruel and disgusting scene like today. In a frightened and scared, he finally couldn't help but vomit.

It was not until Yuan Chonghuan killed or captured the remaining Jurchen soldiers and came to them to greet them that Wang Huazhen was a little better and stopped vomiting. In fact, there was nothing in his belly that could be vomited anymore, and his face had turned pale, which was even worse than those captured Jurchens. Seeing his situation, the generals such as Zu Dashou were full of disdain. Seeing that he had insisted on attacking Jinzhou City together, he didn't expect to make such a mess.

"Master Wang, you are frightened. Are you in serious condition? Do you need me to send me back to Ningyuan to recuperate?" Yuan Chonghuan asked hurriedly. Although he was dissatisfied with Wang Huazhen's performance in his heart, he still wanted the superficial respect.

After taking out the scarf from his arms and wiped the residue from his mouth, Wang Huazhenqiang cheered up and said, "Don't worry, Yuan Daotai, I can hold on. It was just because I was frightened for a moment that I was so disobedient, which made you laugh." As he said that, he glanced at Tang Feng, who was calm beside him, and he was very jealous. Both of them were civil servants, and he had fought with the Jurchens several times in Guangning. Unexpectedly, the other party was safe and sound, but he had such a big ugly.

Tang Feng did not care about the other party's eyes and said, "Since you are safe, please go to the city with the army. We must hurry up and repair the collapsed city wall and the damaged city gates to prevent the Jurchens from suddenly attacking."

"Yes, this is what the officials meant." Yuan Chonghuan also said, "Although this battle did not allow a Jurchen to escape, this place was under the control of Jiannu. If there were no strong city defense, we would be very unlikely to gain a foothold here."

Seeing that Tang Feng and Yuan Chonghuan said something very consistent, Wang Huazhen felt a little angry and said with a forced smile: "Are you two too careful? Judging from the previous information, he did not value Jianlu in Jinzhou City too much. How could he send people to attack us so quickly? In my opinion, the soldiers in today's battle have worked hard and made great contributions. It is not too late to build the city tomorrow, otherwise the soldiers will feel cold."

Yuan Chonghuan frowned when he heard this. Of course he knew what the soldiers were thinking, but as generals, he had to worry about defeat before he was concerned about victory. Even if the Jurchens were really unaware of it, they could not rest for a night in Jinzhou City, which had no defense ability. But he was just Ning Yuandao after all, so he did not dare to argue with Wang Huazhen, the Liaodong master. So his eyes fell on Tang Feng, wanting him to help him persuade Wang Huazhen.

Tang Feng saw Wang Huazhen's great joyfulness and mercy. He was also a little disdainful, but his words were very polite: "Mr. Wang said that, but he was not afraid of ten thousand, but he was afraid that if only one, we would let some people build the city first. Anyway, there were not too many walls that were collapsed. If more than a thousand people were transferred out, the wall could be repaired."

Wang Huazhen understood that although he was the highest among the Sana'a people, he was not as good as the two of them in terms of prestige, so he could only nod according to Tang Feng's wishes. Then he grabbed the arms of the two and said affectionately: "You two and the ancestors, the two generals Wang, have to treat the soldiers with me a few cups."

Seeing that Wang Huazhen spoke, the two of them refused and reluctantly agreed. Soon after, the wine was moved out of the granary in the city. The Jurchens liked to drink. Although they were not good at food, they still had a lot of strong liquor. As for the food, the army brought a lot of it at this time, so they could only eat the 20,000 people well.

After three rounds of wine, Wang Huazhen said: "This battle is more important than the battle of Fengmu Chongbao. In my opinion, we should immediately win the great victory and regain Jinzhou back to the capital to ask for credit for the soldiers. What do you think, two sirs?" As he said that, a cunning smile appeared in his eyes, but it was not discovered by anyone.

Tang Feng and Yuan Chonghuan looked at each other and thought it was a good thing, so they both agreed. Wang Huazhen became an impatient person at this time. He immediately took out the chapter for the memorial from his arms and wrote down the good news in the light of fire. Then he handed it in front of the two of them and asked them to report it together, which was also considered to have made contributions to the two of them.

Although Tang Feng and Yuan Chonghuan thought he was too anxious, everyone could report it to the court after everything was settled, but it was not easy to disturb the other party's interest, so they wrote down their own name. After Wang Huazhen received the report, he handed it to a confidant of Lezhijian and asked him to send it to Ningyuanwei's station immediately and handed it back to the capital for 600 miles in a hurry.

Tang and Yuan looked at each other and smiled bitterly when they saw this. They thought that Wang Huazhen urgently reported the good news in order to make the court forget the big mistakes he had made in Guangning, so they stopped thinking about it. After that, the banquet continued, and the soldiers came up to toast. After all, Wang Huazhen was old and was frightened and vomited food in her belly. So after drinking a few glasses of wine, he fell to the ground, but he kept shouting: "Come on, have another drink!"

Tang Feng had no choice but to order people to help Wang Huazhen into the intact courtyard in the city and let him have a good rest. After that, he left the banquet with Yuan Chonghuan and headed towards the city gate. They were still worried about the situation there. When they arrived at the city gate, they saw hundreds of soldiers busy building the city force again and building a simple city gate. This made the two of them feel slightly relieved, and Tang Feng even said to the soldiers: "Thank you hard today, and after returning to Ningyuan, we will reward you very much." These words made the soldiers who were dissatisfied in their hearts happy, and their hands became much lighter.

After the two of them walked along the city wall a few steps, Yuan Chonghuan saw the unsightly bombed cannons and said with lingering fear: "I didn't expect that the red-haired cannons were so powerful that they would collapse the solid city wall in just one shot. It's ridiculous that I didn't take it seriously at that time. If it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't even think about using them."

Tang Feng was happy and laughed: "Architecture and musket will one day replace spears, bows and arrows and become the most commonly used weapons in the world. If we can make good use of these advanced things, even if Jianlu is powerful, there is no need to be afraid." Of course, he had confidence in speaking like this, but Yuan Chonghuan could not know what happened later like him, so he still reserved it, just responded casually. However, the power of the red cannon still impressed him. He decided to make good use of these cannons when defending the city in the future.

The two of them talked while walking, and unconsciously talked about Wang Huazhen's performance today. When they mentioned that he was making a fool of himself in public, they smiled knowingly. Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said, "This person is too incompetent. He lost his composure when he saw a slightly bloody scene. He also wanted to replace Sun Dashen as the supreme commander of Liaodong. He even rushed to report his victory to the court when he saw that he had won the battle. He only knew how to please the soldiers. How could he convince people?" He sighed, but he found that Tang Feng was stunned, with a look of shock on his face and did not respond to his words. So he asked, "Yizhi, what's wrong with you? But what did you think of?"

"No, this time I captured Jinzhou, I'm afraid that Lord Sun would harm Lord Sun!" Tang Feng said with a serious expression.

"What do you mean?" Yuan Chonghuan was startled by his sudden words and asked hurriedly.

"Brother Yuan still remembers why Lord Sun was brought back to the capital by the imperial edict? In addition to the possibility of being too close to Donglin, Lord Yuan blindly advocated defending the city without seeking progress."

"Yes, now Wang Huazhen has won two consecutive victories in just a few months after he came to Liaodong. Now he has even won Jinzhou City. What would the emperor think if these two good news spread to the capital? He would definitely think that the general is indeed a useless person, or wants to raise a thief to respect himself. In this way, even if the emperor has no doubts about the general before, he will be worried about the general in the future. Wang Huazhen is indeed scheming, and he actually makes you and me his accomplices!" Yuan Chonghuan said in shock.

"Actually, I should have seen his sinister intentions when he expanded the results of the battle of the Battle of the Peak Mu Chongbao in Shanhaiguan, but I didn't investigate for a while but was wrong again and again. What should I do?" Tang Feng said blamingly.

But at this time, Yuan Chonghuan no longer had the intention to comfort him, and just looked at him blankly, without saying a word for a while.
Chapter completed!