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Chapter 778 Times are different

Three days later, Du Yinxi led an army to Haizhou.In addition to the great guarantee of logistics and food roads, there is no threat, and troops are also sent to quell the surrounding routs.

It can be seen everywhere that groups of soldiers of the Ming army are escorting the Jian captives, and more Japanese pirates are gathering under the city of Haizhou.

Du Yinxi didn't waste time. He sent about [-] troops, led by Huang Degong, to divide into three groups and march eastward side by side.

And he himself, leading the rest of the troops, continued to advance northward, and soon arrived at the southern gate of Liaoyang, Anshan Post Fort.

This Anshan post castle was originally built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Because of its very important geographical location, it is adjacent to Liaoyang and leads to Haicheng. It is [-] kilometers away from the ancient city of Liaoyang in the northeast and Linhaizhou City in the southeast.The location is moderate, at the throat of the East and West Anshan Mountains, and it was the gateway to the south and west of Liaodong from the capital of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of terrain, Anshan Post Fort is screened by East and West Anshan Mountains. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.And the outside of the city wall is covered with blue bricks and filled with loess inside to prevent bombardment.Wells were dug in the city to prevent water shortage.There is a moat around it to prevent sneak attack.In this era, it can almost be regarded as a tiny place, impenetrable.

The defeated Jianlu, of course, also knew the importance of Anshan Post Fort, so he sent heavy troops here, and moved the heavy artillery from Haizhou here, planning to defend Anshan Post Fort to the death.

However, this post castle in Anshan is not too difficult for the army led by Du Yinxi, because the times have changed.

On the day the army arrived at Anshan Post Fort, Du Yinxi asked the soldiers to dig trenches and approach the city wall.

The guard of Anshan Yibao is the third-rank general of Fengguo Jianlu, Aixinjueluo Babutai, the ninth son of the wild boar Pinurhachi, and he was directly promoted to the king of Duoluo in order to follow his heart of breaking the heir.

At this time, on the top of the post castle in Anshan, he was a little puzzled when he saw the Ming army digging ditches and approaching the city wall.

If it is said that the Ming army wanted to dig under the city wall and blow up the city wall, it was almost impossible. Not only was the moat blocking it, but also the fortifications on the top of the city were sufficient, the possibility of the Ming army digging into the city wall was almost impossible.

If the attack was to shorten the distance from the city wall, Babutai was not afraid.In order to keep Anshan Post Fort, he had plenty of troops. Not only could the city be overwhelmed, but there was also a reserve force on the north side of the city. It may not work.

Therefore, Babutai was a little puzzled, what the hell is the Ming army doing?

However, although he did not participate in the battle of Jinzhou, he was only escorting in Haizhou, but he also knew that the Ming army was able to defeat the coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese country, and their strength was absolutely strong, so there must be some kind of moth!

For this reason, he almost never went down to the top of the city. He ate, slept and slept on the top of the city. He just wanted to know how the Ming army wanted to attack Anshan Post Fort.

By the next day, the Ming army had already dug the trench to the edge of the moat. If they had to dig any further, they would be flooded by the river before giving up.

When Babutai saw that the Ming army stopped digging trenches, he immediately became nervous, and immediately mobilized the musketeers and archers in the city to prepare.Other fortifications, such as crashing cars, fork poles, flying hooks, Yaksha rings, ground listening, stones and rolling logs, etc., are also in place.

Crashing car is a tool used to hit the ladder. A ram is tied to the frame, and the front end of the rod is inlaid with iron leaves. When the enemy's ladder is close to the city wall, push the ram to destroy or knock it down.

The forked pole, also known as "reaching pole and forked pole", is a tool that can not only resist the enemy's use of the ladder to climb the city, but also can be used to kill the enemy climbing the city.

……

Almost all the equipment that can be used to defend the city is available here in Anshan Post Castle, and it is also well prepared and ready for battle.

Babutai didn't believe it anymore. With enough troops and supplies, the Ming army had no choice but to take their lives!

He was just a little worried. He didn't know when the cavalry on the grasslands of the Ming Dynasty would enter Liaodong?
Once that happens, Anshan Post Fort will be flanked by the Ming army, which will be dangerous!

Of course, this matter is currently only known to him.Otherwise, knowing that Anshan Post Fort will be flanked by front and back after a big defeat, it is estimated that the morale of the army will really be lost.

While he was thinking about this, a personal guard reminded him: "Master, the Ming army seems to be preparing to attack the city!"

Hearing this, Babutai looked up and saw that teams of Ming troops were already making preparations. They had already prepared a lot of ladders for building the moat and climbing the city.Some Ming troops also entered the trenches, and there were still a lot of them.

That's it?

Babutai looked a little puzzled, this kind of siege method, without even preparing artillery, did the head of the commander of the Ming army really have been kicked by a donkey?Or is it that each of the Ming army has copper heads and iron arms, and they are not afraid of shelling, guns, bows and arrows from the Qing army?
At this time, he was a little suspicious. Was there something tricky about the defeat in the Battle of Jinzhou?
But no matter what he thought, his subordinates were not careless, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle.

However, the Jianlu on the top of the city waited and waited, but they didn't see the Ming army charging, which made them a little strange. What the hell is the Ming army doing?

Just when they couldn't figure it out, they suddenly saw gunpowder smoke coming out of the ditch closest to the city wall, and then they heard the sound.

"Boom boom boom..."

I saw big things flying out of the ditch, and some of them fell to the ground early and never landed in the city. But at the same time, something bigger was heading towards the city at a speed visible to the naked eye. fall.

"???"

Jianlu on the top of the wall, including Babutai, all looked puzzled.

Ming army's iron bullet, what's going on?Just falling to the ground at such a slow speed, wouldn't it be a lonely blow?
It's really a pity that most of the prisoners who had seen unconscionable guns were unable to escape from the front line of Jinzhou and return to the rear. Like Hong Chengchou, they were all captured on the spot.That is to say, such an important figure as Dorgon was able to escape desperately under the protection of the guards.But how could he explain the details of the Battle of Jinzhou to Babutai, not to mention that the person who appointed Babutai was actually appointed by Bumbutai, who fled back from Haizhou, through the little emperor.

The Jianlu in Anshan post castle all sneered at the shelling of the Ming army, and even stood still in order to show their bravery. Jianlu, who had arrived, was about to move his body a little.

Look, this is the demeanor of a Qing warrior!
However, something happened that they never expected.

Those "cannonballs" in the air hadn't landed yet, and all of a sudden, "bang bang bang..." they exploded in the air.Of course, some exploded after landing.

Jianlu in Anshan Post Fort almost suffered the impact of the explosion in astonishment.

"Boom boom boom..."

Du Yinxi concentrated the unconscionable cannons of the whole army, the number reached as many as [-], and with the help of the cover of the trench, he used a parabolic launch method to tilt the new artillery shells towards Anshan Post Fort.Or more precisely, dynamite packs filled with white powder.

As mentioned earlier, Anshan Post Fort is a tiny place, as impregnable as gold.At this time, the defense problem of Anshan Post Fort lies in the four words of a tiny place.

Jianlu's troops are abundant, and Anshan Post Fort, a small place, is full of them. He just enjoys the bombardment of unconscionable artillery. In addition, Jianlu has never seen this new type of artillery. He doesn't know how to defend, so he enjoys it immediately. The most effective "serving" of the unconscionable cannon!
"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Under the continuous bombardment of the unconscionable artillery, the gunpowder of the Jianlu artillery on the top of the city was also ignited, making more explosions.

It can be said that within a short period of time, Anshan Yibao fell into a sea of ​​flames.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yuji, who was the direct commander, felt that it was almost done, and immediately issued a military order to siege the city.

Under the cover of the extended bombardment of unconscionable cannons, Jianlu didn't react at all, and the Ming army had already rushed through the moat.

The first batch of Ming army soldiers were all tall and powerful men. When they got to the city, they did not immediately climb the city wall, but took out huge grenades one by one. Light the fuse of the grenade with the incense that was burned in advance, and then throw it on the top of the city.

"Boom bang bang..."

The Jianlu on the top of the city didn't react at all, and suffered another kind of explosion.

When the Ming army attacked the top of the city, those defensive equipment such as crashing carts, fork poles, and flying hooks were either blown to the ground or were burning. As for Jianlu, basically few stood still.Even if there were a few standing still, they were all dumbfounded, or frightened.

The Ming army attacked along the top of the city, but did not go down the city, because the city was already in flames, and there were ruins of walls and broken limbs everywhere, so there was no way to go down.

The Jianlu reserve team outside the north of the city stared dumbfounded at Anshan Post Fort, not knowing what was going on inside, and even thought they were being punished by God!
When the Ming army appeared on the top of the city, these Jianlu turned around and ran away without hesitation.

At this moment, any warriors of the Qing Dynasty are all nonsense!
As for Babutai, the guard of Anshan Yibao, who was similar to Obai, he became the test object of Ming's new weapons, and he didn't know how he died.

For Jianlu, the impenetrable Anshan Post Fort was conquered by the Ming army in just one day.And in this day, the time for the real siege is actually only half an hour.

With the upgrading of weapons and the emergence of hot weapons, especially under the technology tree that Emperor Chongzhen ordered, the strong city in the previous cold weapon era, as well as those various defensive measures, are basically useless!
The fire inside the Anshan Post Fort was still burning, but the Ming army had already crossed the Anshan Post Fort from under the east and west walls of the Anshan Post Fort.
(End of this chapter)