Great time travel

126 Chapter [-]
In the early morning of this day, bursts of thunderous roars suddenly sounded, breaking the tranquility of Hangzhou City.

——At first it was a single sound or two, but later it became continuous, and even the ground trembled slightly amidst the roar.

"...It's firing! It's coming from the southeast! It's the warship of the bandit firing at the Chaochao Gate!"

Accompanied by the above-mentioned panicked shouts, the whole city seemed to be in a state of boiling water, making a fuss.

Between the houses in the streets and alleys, all kinds of alarm bells and gongs rang together.In addition to the continuous sound of cannons from afar, there were also cries of men, women, old and children, mules, horses, pigs and cows howling in fright, as well as scolding and crying in a southern accent... A moment later, under the urging of whistles and whips, , the soldiers and civilians in the city tremblingly picked up their knives and guns, and slowly gathered, everyone stretched their necks from time to time, and looked in the direction of the sound of the guns-the bursts of sharp howling through the air, the booming Long explosions are still coming from afar...

——Houchao Gate, first built in the Shaoxing period of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. Because the city gate is close to the Qiantang River, it can wait for the tide twice a day, so it is named Houchao Gate.The tide of the Qiantang River comes every day as promised, and it has remained unchanged since ancient times. It often attracts literati and poets from all over the world to come here to watch the tide and enjoy the scenery.

However, at the Chaochao Gate this morning, along with the tide of the Qiantang River, there were also dark warships and artillery shells roaring in the air!
On the Qiantang River filled with morning mist, the huge steam armored fleet has already docked and anchored, taking turns pouring firepower at the Chaochao Gate near the river.Clusters of meteor-like flames shot up from the river and slammed into the towering and solid city wall, causing the bricks and stones of the city to fly, and the smoke and dust lingered.

On the other side of the Hangzhou city wall, the poor defenders couldn't even fire back, because apart from the tiger-squatting cannons that weighed tens of catties and had a range of only a few hundred paces, there wasn't even a single gun in the city of Hangzhou. There are no decent heavy artillery—since the Japanese invasion subsided, the coastal defenses in the Jiangnan area have been rapidly abolished.In the south of Fujian and Guangdong, due to the large number of pirates, there are scattered forts and artillery purchased from the Dutch and Portuguese in the coastal ports.But in Hangzhou, which is relatively peaceful in the north, the city defense is still at the technological level of the Song Dynasty...

So, after trying to counterattack from the top of the city with the only bed crossbow and tiger squatting cannon, but desperately found that even the riverside tidal flats could not be hit, facing the roar of hundreds of naval guns one by one, the top of the city The only thing that the Ming army could do was run away with their heads in their hands.

As a result, the Chaochao Gate, which received the "key attention", was soon riddled with holes by the intensive artillery fire. A rain of gravel fell sporadically, and a large amount of shattered rubble floated down from the air, splashing for a long distance, and even hitting the heads of the citizens, causing chaos in the city, and everyone was rumoring that the bandits were about to attack the city.

Next, there was another solid bullet that was wrongly marked to shoot at Zhu Yuan, flew high over the city wall, and hit the side of a team of young men who had just been conscripted on the street. Although no one was scratched by oil, But the group of young men and the yamen servants who escorted them turned around immediately and fled.

However, just when the whole city of Hangzhou was panicking, these warships stopped shelling, and anchored again, and gradually left

The magistrate Liu, who was in shock, was reminded by several staff members, and hurriedly mobilized the people again, urgently demolished houses and walls, and gathered some wood and stone to repair the city walls. Provides early warning when shelling begins.

But until noon, the Hangzhou citizens who raised their hearts to their throats did not hear the cannon fire again.

——At least on this day, Hangzhou is not the main target of the "Australian thieves".

The bombardment of the fleet against Chaomen in the early morning was just a reminder to these stupid Hangzhou officials and gentry, telling them not to treat the tiger as a sick cat...

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On the private harbor wharf of Phoenix Mountain Villa, four shallow-water heavy gunships temporarily remodeled from steam paddle steamer tugboats were puffing out black smoke and sounding their whistles. Go upstream in the direction of Fuyang in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River.

The rest of the ships that had a deep draft and could not enter the upper reaches of the Fuyang County river section also blew their whistles to see the strike fleet off.

Beside the pier, groups of short-haired soldiers carrying rifles were also holding up various banners and heading southwest along the banks of the Qiantang River.

——After the warning bombardment of Houchao Gate in Hangzhou, Major General Sun Yang raised four thousand troops and went upstream to attack Fuyang County.

Although the fire attack fleet organized by Fuyang County was a joke, under the full monitoring and fire interception of the Phoenix Mountain Villa Command, none of the arson ships could rush into the fleet anchorage on the Qiantang River. Warships" caused damage.But there are still two or three "death heroes" with strong martial arts. After jumping off the arson boat, they actually swam across the icy cold winter river, sneaked into the riverside barracks at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and killed a man with a short knife. Negligent Sentinels, and created a moderate riot before being surrounded and sacked.

After the battle, summing up the experience and lessons learned, all the traverser officers of the Phoenix Mountain Villa Command agreed that Fuyang County, which had been neglected before, seemed to be a big trouble for this Hangzhou strategy—although The fighting power of the Ming army in Fuyang is not worth mentioning at all, but I am afraid that the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty in Fuyang County will know the taste from now on, and will continue to use the advantage of living in the upper reaches and the smooth wind and water to send dead soldiers to drive the boat downstream every three days. And then, sneaking into the Phoenix Mountain military camp under the cover of night to wreak havoc... If that happened, it would be unbearably disturbing.

——I remember that in most martial arts novels, those knights used similar methods to make use of their strengths and circumvent their weaknesses, and only a few people were able to hold back the imperial army... and this time and space at the end of Ming Dynasty is not a world of martial arts, but people from all corners of the world seem to be There are not a few of them, and the vast majority of the so-called "heroes" are playing the role of "doing dirty work" for wealthy families and other wealthy families, very similar to the violent gangs of later generations in Japan...

At this critical juncture, the big officials and gentry around Hangzhou may not be able to suddenly conjure up an army capable of conscripting and fighting against the enemy, but they must invite a few desperadoes with high martial arts skills and no regard for life and death to Phoenix Villa It seems that it is still possible to make trouble.

Therefore, before launching a general attack on Hangzhou, in order to ensure the safety of the back road, it seems necessary to pull out this annoying nail behind.

It happened that Fuyang County was close to the river bank, and the warship could shoot shells from one end of the county to the other when it was on the water, so Major General Sun Yang decided to use Fuyang County to conduct an actual combat training for the city before attacking Hangzhou. These mobs here are very inexperienced in fortifications and street fighting. In order to prevent jokes from being made in a big city like Hangzhou, it is better to try their skills in a small county like Fuyang first.Anyway, relying on the firepower coverage of the Jiang Fleet, Fuyang's battle is sure to win. The only problem is how much the troops are damaged.

On the other hand, Major General Sun Yang, who lacked understanding of the people's conditions in Ming Dynasty, planned to pass the Battle of Fuyang to test the resistance of the local gentry, gentry, and bravery in a desperate situation.Let's see if they will break out with super-level fighting power in despair, or shiver and curl up like quails waiting to die.

——Only by correctly assessing the intensity of civil resistance in the occupied areas can a more appropriate strategy of occupation and rule be formulated.

In addition, after occupying the city, how to suppress riots, how to establish rule, and how to stabilize order are all new things to Major General Sun Yang. Although he has read a lot of theoretical knowledge from books, the actual practice is still very immature. It is best to find a small city to practice your hands first.

——If it is accidentally messed up and Hangzhou is turned into Baghdad or Damascus with explosions in the future, it would be too tragic.

There is a saying in the art of war, even if you fight a rabbit with a tiger, you must do your best and think carefully!
After deciding to launch the Fuyang Campaign, Wang Qiu originally suggested using the [Random Gate] to send the attacking troops directly into Fuyang County, but was rejected by Major General Sun Yang—according to him, the number of [Random Gate] Limited, it is impossible to abuse it at will in every battle.If even such a small battle with no doubt of victory had to be cheated with [Random Gate], then this kind of army would really be turned into a young soldier.

That being the case, Wang Qiu felt relieved and waved goodbye to Major General Sun Yang at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, wishing him success in this battle.

Next, after Major General Sun Yang led his troops to Fuyang, the remaining troops at Phoenix Mountain Villa were handed over to Wang Qiulai to command, so that this college student who had never been to a military academy could pass the time to become a general. Addiction... If it is a real PLA comrade, of course it is impossible to treat it as a toy and give it to a layman to spoil, but these second- and third-rate motley troops composed of natives of this time and space don't have to care so much.

Anyway, there is no strong enemy in front of him. As long as Wang Qiu still has a basic IQ, these miscellaneous troops will definitely not die no matter how they play.

But no matter what, Wang Qiu, who was in charge of thousands of modernized troops for the first time, seemed to have gotten some new toy, full of excitement and excitement, and eager to make full use of this short-term military power to make great achievements on the battlefield. Something interesting is coming...

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On the other side, after witnessing the astonishing destruction of the Houchao Gate in Hangzhou by the Kun bandit naval guns, the prefect Liu Mengqian, who was deeply worried about the war situation, immediately received another outstanding representative of the Ming scholars, the "Kun Shi No. [-]" in Hangzhou. Comrade Gao Xuan, a master, asked him about the countermeasures.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiucai Gao Xuan pretended to be old-fashioned and propped his chin with a folding fan, and said calmly: "...My lord, the student said before that the thief's cannon was cast with the method of gouging out the heart. Vicious and vicious, it hurts the peace of heaven, it can be called the common anger of man and god, so it only needs to destroy the filth from yin to yang. However, my great Ming cannon has five elements inside, and it is not afraid of foreign objects. A sharp weapon against thieves?"

"...Well, I have heard about the benefits of artillery in the Ming Dynasty, but the artillery is also a secret of the court. Although there are many iron craftsmen in the city, no one knows its mechanism. It takes a long time to cast the cannon, and it is now It's not urgent. I don't know what you can teach me?" Liu Zhifu replied with a depressed face.

"...It's a coincidence that a student was studying recently and came across a wonderful thing in the book, which may be used in the current battle situation..."

I saw Gao Xuan with a smile on his face, pretending to be chic, he opened the folding fan with a "click", and shook it gently a few times, regardless of the cold weather that was dripping into ice, "...the name of this thing is wooden cannon, it is It is hollowed out from a whole giant log, and is fixed with iron nails and iron belts. Although its reputation is not as good as that of the red cannon, it will not last long, but it costs very little, and the effect is outstanding. It can be called a cheap and high-quality time-saver , if adults are interested, you might as well give it a try..."

After hearing Gao Xuan's introduction and bragging, the magistrate Liu Mengqian was immediately overjoyed, as if drinking ice water in the dog days, and immediately decided to build a large number of wooden cannons according to the method Gao Xuan gave, to attack the thieves outside Hangzhou. A Jedi counterattack, let them see how powerful my firearm is!

Immediately afterwards, following the order of the magistrate, all the big trees in Hangzhou City were unlucky, and those weeping willows, elms, and pine trees that had become useful were chopped up by the roots.Due to the lack of big trees in the city, the pillars and beams of several temples were even demolished.

However, although the idea of ​​adapting measures to local conditions and building wooden cannons to defend against the enemy is good, craftsmen can indeed make wooden cannons much faster than casting copper cannons.But if we start from scratch together, after all, it will take some time... In order to buy time to build the cannon and prevent the thieves from attacking the city before the wooden cannon is completed, the prefect remembered what he heard at the "Ping Kun Conference" before. A wonderful idea, immediately left and right followed suit.

So, when Wang Qiu showed up at the foot of the city of Hangzhou with a group of soldiers, he was stunned to see a long row of tablets of gods on the top of the city...

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In terms of terrain, Hangzhou is not only a city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but also a city that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.

It is said that Hangzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack because Hangzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and its terrain is excellent. It has Fenghuang Mountain and Yuhuang Mountain as screens in the south, West Lake in the west as a barrier, and the surging Qiantang River in the southeast.In these three directions, due to the limitation of the terrain, the siege force cannot be used at all, even if there are thousands of troops, it will be in vain. Between the West Lake and the west city wall of Hangzhou, the widest part is only a hundred paces, and the narrowest is [-] paces. Only thirty steps.Large siege equipment such as nest cars and rush cars cannot be transported at all.In the area of ​​Houchaomen and Wangjiangmen, the east city wall of Hangzhou is also built close to the Qiantang River. The distance between the city wall and the river bank is only a few hundred meters. Apart from an official road, there are large reed marshes and mires outside the wall. There was also no room for a large siege army.

In short, Hangzhou is indeed a tough nut to crack for enemies coming from the south or west.

It is said that Hangzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend because, as a part of the Hangjiahu Plain, the north of Hangzhou City is a flat plain, and there is no danger to defend at all. However, the enemies who have attacked Hangzhou since ancient times seem to be mostly from the north: Qing Mie The Southern Ming Dynasty, the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, all of them are like this...

However, the problem facing Wang Qiu was that no matter from which direction he attacked the city, the troops at hand were far from enough.

The Allied forces invested in this Hangzhou Raiders totaled only 7000 troops.Among them, 3000 troops with relatively combat effectiveness have been led up the river by Major General Sun Yang, and cooperated with the shallow water heavy artillery fleet to attack Fuyang County.Of the remaining 1000 people, at least 1000 people must be stationed in the base camp of Phoenix Mountain Villa.After deducting the battle damage and the sick and wounded during this period, there are only more than [-] troops who can really pull him out for a walk.

——In the battleship moored on the Qiantang River, there are still several thousand sailors, but Wang Qiu has not been authorized and cannot command them.

Besides, this is China, not Soviet Russia, and there has never been a tradition of letting sailors fight fortified cities.

——Because there are too few troops, no matter which direction they are outside Hangzhou, they can be deployed, so there is no need to worry about how to choose a battlefield.

Of course, with the firepower beyond the times, even if there are only more than 1000 people, or even Wang Qiu alone, it is a breeze to destroy the city wall of Hangzhou-as long as Wang Qiu wears Doraemon's [Superman Suit] ], just hit it with a punch.

But the thing is, it's one thing to break down a city wall, it's quite another to crush a city and win a street battle.With more than 1000 soldiers and horses who are not familiar with the place, they can't contain the chaos after the city is broken-he doesn't want to end up with a piece of burnt rubble and hundreds of thousands of charred corpses...

Therefore, Wang Qiu silently calculated in his heart for a long time, and finally gave up the honor of conquering Hangzhou by himself-with his special status, he didn't need such feats to add luster...but only planned to bring these more than 1000 soldiers Ma held an armed parade, went to the city of Hangzhou to show off his power, fired a few guns casually to have fun, and frightened the people in the city by the way.

As for the occupation of Hangzhou, let's wait until Major General Sun Yang returns from Fuyang County!
Therefore, Wang Qiu took a relaxed attitude of armed outing, led more than 1000 miscellaneous soldiers, mainly the Japanese security forces, and dragged two light one-pound bronze field guns, and walked leisurely through the snow-capped Su Causeway. , Gushan and Baidi, and even enjoyed the scenery of "Broken Bridge and Remnant Snow" with great interest before entering the gate of Wulin. In the past, Hailing King Wanyanliang of the Kingdom of Jin once claimed to "promote millions of troops to the West Lake." Go up, immediately Wushan No. [-] peak", but he couldn't really take a look at the West Lake until his death.And now I am really marching on the West Lake... He is not without narcissism.

——It's a pity that the soldiers and horses brought seem to be a little less, and the momentum is really not enough...

Then, when Wang Qiu finally stood outside the Wulin Gate with a group of miscellaneous soldiers, ready to shoot and fire cannons to say hello to the people in the city, he saw an unbelievable spectacle—the Wulin Gate tower in Hangzhou and the towers on both sides. The city wall is covered with countless large and small wooden boards, many of which seem to be door boards that have just been removed, with eye-catching handwriting painted on them and turned into extra-large tablets, part of which reads "Taizu sets out to set up a pole." Yingwuruiwen, Shende, Shenggong to the Emperor of Great Filial Piety of the Ming Dynasty", and others wrote "Gao Zong was ordered to rejuvenate the whole merit to the emperor of virtue, holy, martial, Wenzhao, Renxian and filial piety"...

Taking a closer look with the binoculars, Wang Qiu was stunned—where did this come from?And who are these two emperors?

For this inexplicable strange thing, Wang Qiu felt a little confused in his brain, so he waved his hand silently, ordering the troops to retreat temporarily, don't rush to fire on the top of the city, find a place to rest for a while, and at the same time, he has to find someone Ask what is going on.

At the same time, seeing these menacing thieves lingering under the city wall for a while, and then retreating without a fight, it immediately aroused warm cheers on the city wall——I am a Hangzhou scholar who is really resourceful. I was scared off by the emperor of the Song Dynasty's god master card!
The scholar who proposed the idea of ​​retreating the enemy with a memorial tablet at the Ping Kun Conference was immediately received and publicly praised by the prefect Liu Mengqian, who promised to recommend him a fame.After the scholar left happily, Liu Zhifu thought with great regret that it was a pity that he did not expect that the bandit warship would open fire from outside the Chaochao Gate in the morning. There will be no opportunity for the thief to take advantage of it...