The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 273 Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang
Jiang Chuan still continued the style of attacking Liaoyang last time, bombarding with all his cannons from the beginning, he didn't need to do so-called firepower testing at all.

Because according to various situations, apart from the fifty red cannons cast by the Qing Dynasty, except for the thirty that were robbed by themselves, the remaining more than 20 were deployed in Shengjing.

Therefore, it is impossible for Guangning to have artillery that can threaten the red cannon.

The onslaught of artillery fire from the Jiang family army made the Guangning defenders a little unacceptable. After all, the strength of the Manchu soldiers was field battles rather than city defense.In the past, they were the ones who went to fight others, but this time the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed, and they were suddenly attacked by such strong artillery fire. Many people had no experience in defending the city at all, and they were beaten all of a sudden.

The solid iron egg was bombarded heavily on the city wall, and the gravel was splashed. The Qing army on the city shouted and screamed and avoided everywhere.

While dodging the flying gravel, the generals of the Qing army shouted loudly for the soldiers to fight back.The arrows fired by the soldiers in a panic basically fell on the open space outside the city, because the enemy simply stood there watching the excitement.

And those small cannons such as tiger squatting cannons or general cannons seized from the Ming army were simply out of reach in terms of range.But at any rate, it can also play a role in boosting the morale of the army, so under the urging of the generals, it sounds like the cannons are rumbling and violent, but in fact, the shells fired did not even touch a single hair of the enemy.

Moreover, many of these guns have been used for a long time, and some of them have begun to crack during the long-term use.Under the constant urging of the generals of the Qing army, it was too late to clean the barrel of the gun, and the yellow gunpowder used now was not sufficiently burned, so several bombings happened in a row. The Qing army bombed people on their backs, crying for their fathers and mothers.

The Qing army had no choice but to abandon these old antiques.

After hundreds of people were killed and injured, the Qing army finally learned to behave.When Jiang's army fired artillery, they lay on the ground like a turtle to avoid flying gravel.Although the posture is ugly, it can save your life anyway.

Therefore, if you look down from the sky, you can see a group of Qing soldiers with their buttocks pouting one by one on the city wall horse path, in a mess, the scene is really a bit eye-catching.

The Qing troops on the other three walls heard the rumble of artillery, and they didn't know what the actual situation was. They only felt that the battle was fierce, and they were all panicked.

The loss of Liaoyang made them feel a bit sad.And now basically the defenders of the Han Eight Banners in the city are mostly.

These people fought against the wind when the Manchu Qing was powerful, and they were definitely good players, and they were absolutely competent as pawns.Even the viciousness and shamelessness of many people burning, killing and looting is even better than that of Manchurian soldiers.

But now everyone can feel that the rising momentum of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has begun to be contained, and it has begun to decline.

Liaoyang fell and did not see Shengjing sending troops to rescue. Now that the enemy's army of [-] to [-] Chen Bing is under the city, and there is not a single reinforcement, these naturally become confused.If it weren't for the Manchurian soldiers above, there must be a lot of deserters among these people.

Ran Wu and Shanjia, who surrounded the other two city walls, did not intend to idle to watch the excitement, nor did they intend to let the Qing army on the top of the city idle to watch the excitement.

So from time to time they sent troops up to walk around the city wall, shooting a few arrows at it, which made the Qing army on the top of the city nervous, but when they were about to fight back, they patted their buttocks and went back.

After going back and forth like this several times, the Qing army became a little skinny, and gradually ignored them.

But when the Qing army ignored it, the Jiang family army came for real.Teams of cavalry archers flew past the city, shooting arrows like rain, and the Qing army who was lying on the top of the city watching the excitement was caught off guard and shot into a large area.

When the Qing army reacted and wanted to fight back, the arrows they shot at most brushed the tails of the horse archers of the Jiang family army and fell to the ground.

Jiang's army took turns to toss the Qing army, but the Qing army could only brace themselves to deal with it.After half a day of tossing, although not many Qing soldiers died, their spirits felt that they had been tossed crazy.

Hearing Ran Wu and Shanjia's cat-and-mouse play, Jiang Chuan also laughed out loud and let them go.

He listened to the rumble of cannons, but he was thinking about another thing.

"After your exploration just now, do you think it's feasible?" Jiang Chuan asked a general standing in front of him.

This person was Mo Ban, the captain of the engineering battalion, who was summoned by Jiang Chuan for questioning.

"Reporting to my lord, the soil in Guangning is dry and slightly sticky, which is very suitable for tunneling." Moban replied.

Hearing this answer, Jiang Chuan had an idea in his mind, and asked again: "How long will it take to dig the tunnel from [-] steps away from the west city to the bottom of the city wall?"

Moban thought for a while and said, "It can be completed in about two days."

Jiang Chuan asked again: "How long will it take if a waterway is drawn from the river five miles away to the tunnel?"

"If all the engineering battalions are dispatched, these two sieges will take about three days." Mo Ban said.

Jiang Chuan walked back and forth on the ground twice and then said in a deep voice: "Mo Ban, I will allocate 5000 people to work with your engineering battalion. I will complete the construction in at most two days. Moreover, the water channel dug must be able to be excavated. After the river embankment, pour it in from the tunnel as quickly as possible, can you possibly do it?"

Mo Ban straightened his body and said in a deep voice: "If there are another 5000 people to assist, we will guarantee that it will be completed on time and will live up to my lord's expectations."

Jiang Chuan was overjoyed, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Okay, Ruoxia Guangning, I will give you the first credit."

The two discussed some detailed questions, mainly Jiang Chuan asked and Mo Ban answered.

After the basic agreement was completed, Mo Ban left the Chinese army's tent, and was anxious to assign tasks to the officers of the engineering battalion at all levels.

That's right, Jiang Chuan's real means of conquering Guangning City was actually flooding.

He originally planned to bombard Liaoyang with cannons.But the cannons these days are all solid shells, and they basically rely on huge kinetic energy to smash down the city walls.

I don't know how long it will go on like this.

The last time Liaoyang was conquered, it was because Ran Wu sent people pretending to be reinforcements to sneak into the city and rob the city gate, otherwise they would not have taken it so quickly.

But after coming to Guangning this time, Jiang Chuan inspected the surrounding terrain and found a river in the south of Guangning.Although the amount of water was not very large, it made Jiang Chuan think differently.

That is to use the fierce bombardment of the red cannons to attract the attention of the Qing army, thinking that the Jiang family army is planning to bombard the city wall with the artillery.

But in fact the bombardment was just to cover up the excavation of tunnels and waterways.

Of course, the Qing army would not have thought that the enemy would use this method to attack the city. After all, the river was five miles away, and it was not a small project to drink water from five miles away.

Moreover, Guangning City is not located in a low-lying place, so even if water is attracted, it will not be able to help them. After all, the water volume of this river is not large.

But these problems may be difficult for other armies, but for the Jiangjia Army Engineering Battalion with super high efficiency, it is not a problem at all.

In fact, Jiang Chuan was also thinking that if there were explosives, after the tunnel was dug, he would put dozens of catties of explosives directly under the base of the city wall, and the city wall would collapse with a bang.

But now there is no suitable explosive at all, the power of the yellow powder is too small, and there is still room for firing shells.

Therefore, Jiang Chuan had no choice but to come up with such a way to repair the plank road and secretly hide Chen Cang.

　The fourth one arrives.Brothers, I'll go have a meal first and come back to continue coding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)