Daming Military Empire

Chapter 142 Ready to Fire

It was expected that Cao Bianjiao conquered Jinzhou, but he broke through the city in such a way that it exploded in one fell swoop, which really surprised all the Liaodong generals. Coupled with Zhu Cijiong's deliberate propaganda, the people of Ming Dynasty were all rejoicing , The morale of the 60 troops in Liaodong was greatly boosted.

Just when almost all the generals in Liaodong were extremely excited, there was one general who couldn't be happy at all. He was another deputy general of the Guanning Army, the commander-in-chief Zhao Lediao.He was not jealous that Cao Bianjiao stole his limelight, but he was afraid that the emperor would be angry. You must know that Fuzhou is much closer to Gaizhou than Jinzhou. He arrived half a day earlier than Cao Bianjiao. Now they have captured Jinzhou. You haven't moved at all, what do people think?
Zhao Ledjiao is not a wine bag, on the contrary, he is one of Sun Chengzong's most valued generals.In the 19th year of Ming Wanli (AD 1591), he was selected as a Wu Jinshi and served as the capital of Ganzhou. Later, he was promoted many times due to his meritorious service.In the first year of Tianqi (1621 A.D.), he was promoted to be the deputy commander-in-chief and participated in the Liaodong battle between Daming and Houjin.Later, in response to Sun Chengzong's call, he focused on repairing the fortress, recruiting refugees, vigorously farming, and rescued 6 or [-] people in Liaodong. He has repeatedly made military exploits and performed outstandingly.Unfortunately, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Huang Taiji sneaked into the capital, and he led his army to Qinwang. As a result, he was ambushed by Huang Taiji between Zunhua and Santunying, and died in a fierce battle.

Of course, that was a matter of the Chongzhen Dynasty. Not only did he not die in the Chongzheng Dynasty, but he was also promoted to be the deputy general of the Guanning Army. I want to build more siege equipment to minimize the casualties of my soldiers.

Now, the rising star Cao Bianjiao has conquered Jinzhou, and he dare not delay any longer. Early in the morning of the third day, he launched an attack on Fuzhou.

As a veteran, his command can be described as impeccable. The distance between the siege engine and the well fence is just right. The first wave of arrows from the archers on the well fence has just fallen, and the sword and shield soldiers under the siege vehicle just erected the ladder and started to climb the city. As soon as the first wave of siege soldiers showed fatigue, the second wave of 5000 people had already arrived under the city wall and continued to attack without stopping for a moment.

He prepared four waves of attacks, but there were only more than 2000 Houjin troops in Fuzhou City, and they were not elites of the Eight Banners. They couldn't withstand the second wave of attacks, and Zhao led the teaching to take down Fuzhou City with ease. .But facing nearly [-] casualties, he still feels distressed. If he is given another two days, the number will definitely be reduced by half, but time is running out. Cao Bianjiao has already captured Jinzhou.

In any case, Fuzhou was finally won, and when the news reached Haizhou, Zhu Cijiong was naturally overjoyed, and called Chen Yutai to give advice, and asked him to write an article "Da Ming Lian Po is still majestic".Chen Yutai's entanglement, can it not be so vulgar, this topic makes him, the second place in the new department, want to vomit, but he is the emperor, so he dare not vomit.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong doesn't know Chen Yutai's inner world, and it's not that he can't think of more elegant topics. These articles are mainly for the people of Ming Dynasty, so what are you doing with such an elegant topic? It's just that it needs to be a little vulgar, so that everyone is interested. How many of you can understand what you mean!

Both Jinzhou and Fuzhou have been won, and the Tianxiong Army has also come. Zhu Cijiong is not far behind. He decided to launch an attack on Haizhou tomorrow.

Of course, this Haizhou is not Fuzhou, nor Jinzhou. Just look at the densely packed heads on the city wall, and you will know that there are at least 20 defenders in Haizhou, and you have to rush up and chop them up like Jinzhou and Fuzhou. It is estimated that at least [-] Ming soldiers will fall under the city of Haizhou. In that case, there will be no need to fight this battle. Don't even have to think about it.

Of course, the battle cannot be fought like this. If it were to be fought like this, Daming would not have so many troops to fill it.

In fact, the current Ming army should be considered to have entered the era of hot weapon warfare. The siege of Fuzhou led by Zhao can be regarded as the last cold weapon battle of Ming Dynasty. If the time is not too short, Zhu Cijiong will definitely give all the legions Coupled with flintlock guns and artillery, in that case, taking Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Dingliao Youwei can be almost effortless, and it will lose so many troops.

Of course, the small fights in the early stage are over, and now is the real duel, the unrivaled battle of millions of people, and now it is officially kicked off.

In order to reduce the loss of troops, Zhu Cijiong decided to give full play to the advantages of gunpowder weapons. It doesn't matter if you fight slowly, you must preserve your strength as much as possible, and strive to win Liaodong in one fell swoop.

What are the advantages of gunpowder weapons?First of all, of course, is the advantage in attacking distance, so in the early morning of the fourth day, Zhu Cijiong directly asked Sun Chengzong to form a strange formation.

At the front are two hundred 650-type howitzers, about [-] steps away from the city wall, lined up in a line, behind them are [-] gunmen from the Beijing camp, lined up in fifty dense rows, and then there are [-]-type howitzers, [-] The seven-type howitzer and the five-one-eighth howitzer each have two hundred guns, arranged in three neat rows, and then there is a high platform, which is a little higher than the opposite city wall. Zhu Cijiong sits in the middle, standing on both sides. Cao Huachun, Qin Mingyue, Sun Chengzong, Sun Yuanhua, Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming, and Shi Weila, I won’t name them all here, in short, they are very spectacular and majestic.

As for the Tianxiong Army and Qin Army, they were arranged on the left and right flanks, commanded by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting respectively.

His way of setting up the formation directly blinded Azig in the city. You said that you didn’t see a single siege equipment after building it for three days. The formation of the city, why?Scary!You want to scare me out of town and surrender?is it possible?
Zhu Cijiong didn't want to scare him this time, and the siege can't be captured by scaring. Today he mainly wants to test the barrage attack, because this is the best way to protect the siege soldiers.

Bullet screen is a modern term. Of course Zhu Cijiong couldn't directly say "Barrage attack". Then the people below were dumbfounded. He gave a detailed order: "Decree, the front row of [-]-type howitzers aimed at the arrow stacks above the city wall, attack three One round of live ammunition, one round of shot ammunition, one round of flowering ammunition, do not stop in the middle, the sooner the better. The [-]-type howitzers, [-]-type howitzers, and [-]-type howitzers are ready to load shotguns to prevent Jian slave cavalry attack."

The Jinyiwei who sent the order just ran down holding the command flag, and Zheng Chenggong who stood aside quickly raised his binoculars to look forward. He had never seen a cannon fire before. It was so fresh that he trembled with excitement.

Not far away, Shivira was also rubbing his hands excitedly. It was finally about to start. The Great War, the rebels defending the city alone had more than 30 troops, which was more than their Portuguese troops in its heyday.There were 60 Ming troops attacking the city, and this is only half of them. I heard that they also launched an attack in two other places at the same time. The [-] troops alone can sweep any country in Europe today. Whether it's Spain or the Netherlands, whether it's Britain or France, whether it's Germany or the Holy Roman Empire!
At this time, Jin Yiwei's messenger had conveyed Zhu Cijiong's will to the guerrilla general of the First Army Corps of the Imperial Guard commanded by the front row.

This was the first time for this guerrilla general to command so many artillery to launch an attack in front of the emperor alone. Although he had directed countless artillery shots under Sun Yuanhua's guidance during the drill, he was still a little nervous this time.He took a deep breath and shouted, "Get on the fire rope."

The small artillery flags on both sides immediately repeated: "On the matchlock."

Immediately, an artilleryman quickly opened a sealed iron can, took out a matchlock, carefully inserted it into the ignition port of the artillery, then returned to its original position, and covered the iron can.

The small flag next to it repeated the password, and it stretched to the left and right sides. After a while, it reached the edge, and all the artillery began to be loaded with matchlocks one after another.

Here I want to introduce the configuration of the artillery, each artillery is equipped with ten artillery, one holding a command flag is the commander of the squad, named Xiaoqi.

There is also one dedicated to matchlock, two dedicated to loading gunpowder, three dedicated to loading shells, one dedicated to ignition, and two dedicated to adjusting the range and direction of fire.They have a clear division of labor, each movement has undergone strict training, and basically there will be no mistakes.

The guerrilla general waited for the two cannons in front of him to be loaded with matchlocks, and continued to order: "Load the gunpowder."

The artillery flags on both sides immediately repeated: "Load the gunpowder."

Immediately, one artilleryman opened a sealed iron bucket, and another artilleryman used a standard spoon to scoop up a scoop full of gunpowder and poured it carefully into the barrel.

The small flag next to it immediately repeated the password, stretched to the left and right sides, and spread to the very edge after a while, and all the artillery began to be loaded with gunpowder one after another.

The guerrilla general continued to order: "Load solid bullets."

The small flag next to it began to repeat the instructions. One artilleryman quickly took out a solid bullet from a wooden box and stuffed it into the muzzle forcefully. The other artilleryman held the wooden stick and gently pushed the shell inward. Another artilleryman reached in with a ruler and measured it carefully, and felt that there was no problem, so the commanding Xiaoqi nodded.The little flag immediately raised the command flag in his hand, pointed it forward, and said loudly at the same time: "Report, the first team has finished loading."

After all the small flags were raised flat, the guerrilla general gave another loud order: "Get ready to adjust."

After all, he raised a special telescope to look at the opposite city wall, which required a lot of experience. He first had to find a reference object, then compare the reference object with the scale on the telescope to estimate the approximate distance, and finally In order to obtain the adjusted parameters.

The reference that the guerrilla general was looking for was arrow stacks. Generally, arrow stacks have a standard height. He compared them carefully, and then decisively ordered: "The direction is straight forward, and the angle is four or nine."

At this time, the two artillerymen in charge of adjustment were already in place, and the hoops on the earpieces on both sides were loosened.

The small flag next to it began to repeat the instructions again. The artilleryman who adjusted the artillery behind the artillery checked the scale. He was adjusting the direction. In fact, there was no need to adjust the front.The artilleryman in front of the artillery is responsible for adjusting the angle. He checked the angle, and then started to rotate a turntable under the barrel. This turntable is connected to a screw rod. The frame will move back and forth, and there are scales on both sides of the fixed frame, just look at the scale while turning.As the artilleryman's adjustment gun barrel tilted up a little bit, he checked the scales on both sides again, and then nodded to the artilleryman behind, and the two began to tighten the hoops on the earpieces one from the left and the other from the right. , After tightening, they stood up straight at the same time, and said in unison: "Report, the adjustment is complete."

The little flag immediately raised the command flag in its hand upwards, and at the same time said loudly: "Report, the adjustment of the first team has been completed."

After all the small flags were raised obliquely, the guerrilla general gave another loud order: "Get ready to fire."

The small flag in front of him immediately raised the order flag in his hand, and repeated his order, which extended to both sides.

The artilleryman in charge of ignition immediately took out a fire folder, opened it, blew on the fire, then held the fire folder in one hand and held the match rope with the other, and waited for the order with all his attention.

It's finally time to fire the cannon. What is the effect of the salvo of two hundred cannons? Let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)