Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 181 Siege of Huaiqing

"I understand." Zhang Chao finally understood why Zhu Cixiang wanted these people to die. After listening to Zhu Cixiang's words, he also felt that these people could not be kept, otherwise they would be a disaster sooner or later.

Besides, 1000 people are not many, even 200 veterans are nothing. Daming has an army of [-] million and a population of [-] billion. The most important thing is soldiers.

No matter how many people Zhu Cihong can die, besides, even if everyone dies, doesn't Zhu Cihong still have a system.

The more than a thousand Green Battalion soldiers who were besieged were hoarse, but after half a day, the formation of the Ming army still did not loosen. Not daring to relax in the slightest.

All the green battalion soldiers stared nervously at the Ming army in front of them. None of them knew what the Ming army would do next.

But at this moment, the hearts of these more than a thousand green battalion soldiers have one thing in common, that is, they are uneasy, their hearts are beating wildly, as if they have nowhere to rest.

Thousands of people remained silent, and the heavy atmosphere weighed on everyone, and everyone seemed to be carrying a heavy bag.

Finally, one of the Green Soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. He lowered his sword and shield, left the Green Soldiers' formation, ran to the Ming army and shouted, "Why don't you let us surrender? Why?"

"I was also in the Ming army before. I also fought for the Ming Dynasty and shed blood. Why don't you accept my surrender today."

He expressed the aspirations of each of the more than a thousand green battalion soldiers at this moment, but everyone knows that struggling is futile, so they don't want to say more.

Most people are so ready to die that they think it's better to stand here and die than stand there yelling like a madman.

They have fought too many battles, fighting almost all the forces in the late Ming Dynasty. Sometimes they are very powerful in fighting, and they will collapse at the touch of a touch, but sometimes they can withstand the impact of thousands of troops.

But today, they are coming to an end.

Just after the green battalion came to the front of the Ming army formation and yelled, the Ming army at the front suddenly put down their weapons and retreated ten to twenty steps.

Just when all the green battalion soldiers thought that Zhu Cihong was going to let them go and give them a way out, the black gun muzzle completely shattered their hope and will.

It turned out that the reason why the Ming army stood still and did not attack the green battalion soldiers was because Zhu Cihong wanted to call the gunners to kill the green battalion soldiers with gunfire.

Zhu Cihuang didn’t have many firearms players, and half of the firearms he transferred were dismounted guard firearms cavalry. After all, the cost of firearms was too high. At that time, although the Ming court still had a sound firearms manufacturing organization, firearms were expensive. The cost cannot be avoided.

No matter how much a bird gun costs ten taels of silver, it is less than a piece of cheaper armor, and some soldiers can only get that much silver throughout the year.

"It's a firecracker." The Green Battalion soldier who had the courage to come to the front of the Ming army and shouted just now was scared and sat down on the ground.

Although the muzzle of the firecracker will eject deadly bullets, but for some reason, the black muzzle seems to have a magical power that can attract people's attention.

Without waiting for the green battalion soldiers to say anything, the musketeers lighted the matchlocks and fired the muskets under the command of the officer as soon as they lined up in neat formation.

Row after row, there are three rows in total. After the front row is finished shooting, the last row is loaded with bullets, and the same is true for the second row after shooting.

This firecracker shooting tactic has been around for hundreds of years in China. It was invented by General Mu Ying, who was on an expedition to Yunnan in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.

It has been used by the Ming army of later generations, and has become a sharp weapon for the Ming army to deal with the Mongols outside the Great Wall.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of bullets hit the crowd of green battalion soldiers, and countless blood-colored flowers bloomed from people's bodies. The bewitching color seemed to be brought by the life-swallowing devil.

"Brothers, even if we die, we have to drag a few backs, rush with me, and kill them to death." A few green battalion soldiers were unwilling to be beaten to death by the fire blunderbuss, so they gathered their companions to fight against the fire. The gunslinger rushed over.

The gunners are Zhu Cihong's elite, how could they touch them so easily.

Half of these green battalion soldiers were killed by firecrackers on the way. When they were about to approach the firecrackers, a large number of Ming army infantry surrounded them.

Even if there are one or two lucky ones who come to the gunner by chance, they will be fired by the gunner who reloaded.

I don't know how many rounds of gunfire were fired until Shibali Village was filled with white smoke. Being in it was like entering a fairyland. Only then did the gunners stop.

When the smoke cleared, most of the Green Battalion soldiers were beaten to death by the gunners, and the rest of the lucky ones were tortured into fools by the cruel battle. Army hacked to death.

Because while besieging and killing more than 1000 green battalion soldiers, Zhu Cihong had already ordered people to clean up the battlefield, so as soon as the final battle was over, Zhu Cihong immediately ordered the army to set off.

The distance between Shibali Village and Huaiqing City is not so precise, exactly eighteen miles, in fact, it is about twenty miles away.

But this was nothing to Zhu Cihong. Anyway, the enemy's threat was lifted, and the army could march at full speed. Even if the soldiers were allowed to relax and march at a walking pace, two hours was enough for them to reach the city and set up camp.

By the time of sunset, Zhu Cihong had ordered the soldiers to set up camp and surrounded Huaiqing into a group. Among them, the imperial bodyguards and Xiaoqi guards were in the east of the city, Jin Wu's front guards were in the north of the city, Jin Wu's left and right guards were in the west of the city, Jin Yiwei, The standard bearer is in the south of the city.

At the same time, there were more than 2 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 3 civilian husbands were evenly distributed in the four camps. They built camps for the soldiers, lit fires to cook, transported supplies, and repaired armor and weapons.

In this way, within half a day, Huaiqing City was blocked by Zhu Cihuang's siege. All the streets leading to Huaiqing City were blocked by cards, and all the canals and rivers leading to the city were also cut off. Not a single drop of water could enter Huaiqing City. In Qingcheng, except for the wells, the people in Huaiqing City can't drink any water.

Huaiqing City Mansion Yamen used to be the official residence of Huaiqing Mansion, but since Hauge came to Northern Henan, it has become Hauge's palace.

"My lord." Dotuan kowtowed in front of Hauge.

"Dotuan, get up quickly, what's the situation outside the city now?" Hauge asked anxiously.

In fact, as soon as Zhu Cihong's army arrived, he knew that Huaiqing City might be surrounded, but he didn't know the specific situation, so he had to send Dotuan to investigate.

(End of this chapter)