Chongzhen Undergraduates

This time being able to be valued by Dorgon to participate in a military operation is already a rare elation, and naturally he wants to perform well.

After resting for a day, the Houjin army gathered at Antonwei quickly arrived at the city of Haizhou.At this time, Hou Jin's navy had already laid the warship across the river and was bombarding Haizhou City.

"Huh!" A black iron ball flew over from a ship far downstream, and smashed firmly on the city wall of Haizhou.

"Boom!" With one click, a battlement was smashed and bricks flew around.The two soldiers couldn't dodge in time, and were hit on the head by a brick, and blood flowed immediately.

Fortunately, there were also several cannons in Haizhou City, so Houjin's warships did not dare to drive directly to the city gate facing the Linhong River, but only dared to fire from a long distance.

"How long have you been fighting?" Zhu Youjian boarded the city wall with a few strides, and Zhang Huangyan was standing on the city wall to observe the enemy's situation.

"Commander-in-Chief, why are you here?" Zhang Huangyan looked at Zhu Youjian in surprise, he really didn't expect Zhu Youjian to come here.

Seeing the flash of fire on the boat, Zhang Huangyan knew that the shells were coming again, so he quickly pushed Zhu Youjian back and said, "It's too dangerous here, you'd better go down quickly."

"Why do you go down? The cannon they fired was a direct-firing cannon like the red cannon. There is a large row of battlements in front of us standing here, and the shells will hit the battlements first even if they are fired."

Zhu Youjian won't go down, it's rare to see warships attacking the city for a while, and let's talk about it after the eye addiction.

"The shelling has started since the morning, but there are not many guns on their warships, so they don't pose too much threat for the time being."

Zhang Huangyan saw that he couldn't talk to Zhu Youjian, so he quickly explained the current battle situation.

"I have brought you 1 reinforcements, and you must guard them well." Zhu Youjian adhered to the idea of ​​not directly interfering with the command of the military director, and only served as a backup group.

"Me?" Zhang Huangyan was taken aback, shouldn't the emperor come here to take over my command?It has always been the rule that whoever wins the official rank commands.

"Yes! It's you. You are the guard of Haizhou City, so you should fight this battle." Zhu Youjian nodded affirmatively, and the Qian brothers behind him also nodded.

The young Zhang Huangyan immediately had a feeling that he was valued by a big man, and then his status was also turned on, and his eyes became more confident.

Chapter 223: Touching the Battalion and Exploding Cannons

Outside Haizhou City, Houjin's cannons were erected two miles away, and ten cannons were lined up one by one.This is to show that the cannons that bully the Ming army have a short range and cannot hit them.

Naturally, Haizhou City cannot be compared with Xuzhou, the city is small and the walls are short.Seeing the opposite side pull out a dozen cannons at once, Zhang Huangyan began to feel angry.The responsibility of being the commander-in-chief of an army is a bit heavy, and he can't imagine if he can't keep it.

"Boom!" As soon as the cannon rang, Zhu Youjian bent down habitually, and found a shield to cover his body.

Look at the soldiers of Ming Dynasty, all standing there stupidly, at a loss, they don't know how to defend against artillery.

The Qian brothers were the quickest learners, and when they saw Zhu Youjian's movements, they immediately followed suit.Zhang Huangyan was not so lucky, an iron bullet flew past his head, even blowing off his helmet.

"What are you doing there?" Fortunately, Zhu Youjian tugged him.

Zhang Huangyan saved his life, so frightened that he hurriedly stomped his waist, not daring to stand still foolishly any longer.

The shell flew over the city wall and smashed into a house in the city, and one wall of the house fell directly.When Zhu Youjian clearly saw a room full of people, two ran out.

The city is full of people and soldiers in chaos. Everyone is obviously inexperienced in this kind of war. They only know how to run around in the street when they see the house collapsed.

The rate of fire of cannons in this era is not fast, and ten cannons can fire three rounds in one minute, which is not bad.After an entire hour, the cannon on the opposite side stopped firing. The cannon on the other side was hot and needed to cool down.

Looking at Haizhou again, the green bricks on the city wall have fallen off in pieces.There are collapsed houses everywhere in the city, and several burning houses are burning. It is estimated that the shells hit combustible materials and caused the fire.

The two sides fell silent for a while.

Then, a so-called envoy was sent outside the city, holding the envoy's scepter, rode to the city in a serious manner, and began the so-called persuasion.

"Do you want to shoot?" Qian Sudian, who was the youngest, couldn't help but raised his bow and arrow with itchy hands, and he had already locked onto the envoy's head.

"Impossible. The two armies are at war, and the envoy will not be killed." His elder brother Qian Sule hastily stopped him.

Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhang Huangyan and said, "Does this count as an envoy?"

"Forget it. Killing so many of us and doing it again is slapping us in the face." Zhang Huangyan spat on the ground. This was the first time he uttered such commonplace swear words, and he really felt refreshed.

"Oh! Hmm." Zhu Youjian hummed two words from his nose.

Qian Sudian's reaction was half a beat slow, Zhang Huangyan immediately drew his bow and released an arrow, and immediately there was a voice from the city: "Ah~!" The so-called messenger fell off his horse in response.

Qian Sudian complained that I took a look at my elder brother, and gave Zhang Huangyan such a good opportunity to perform in vain.

"Good arrow skills!" Zhu Youjian looked at Zhang Huangyan in admiration, as expected of a 16-year-old who could hit a target in the examination room.Zhu Youjian can't match this accuracy.

Killing someone else's messenger will naturally take revenge.Everyone "reciprocates"!

Vaguely, Zhu Youjian saw the flash of fire on the opposite side, and immediately shouted: "Squat down!" Several shells whizzed over his head, and several others hit the battlements and bricks flew around.

"Damn, this is targeting our group of people."

The first day of fighting came to an end with the roar of cannons.The Houjin soldiers did not attack, and kept firing cannons.

The Ming army did not go out of the city either, because there were no cavalry at all, not even heavy infantry.Rush out to die?

Zhu Youjian looked at the bonfire outside the city and the noisy enemy camp, and then at the stars in the sky, feeling a little uncomfortable.How did Daming end up in such a passive state?

In July, the sky has the most stars, and a large piece of bright Milky Way floats in the sky. This is a beauty that will never be seen in big cities in later generations.But in the enemy's camp outside the city, some captive women kept screaming, accompanied by bouts of lewd laughter.

As a soul baptized by the army of later generations, Zhu Youjian couldn't stand this.

"Do you dare to go out and make a vote?" Zhu Youjian was standing on the city wall, and suddenly said this sentence.

"What are you doing?" Qian Sudian immediately became excited, he was still a little sullen because Zhang Huangyan stole his limelight during the day.

"Explode the cannon." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he turned around and hurried down the city wall. Qian Sule was taken aback for a moment, but before he could react, he saw his three younger brothers running away after the emperor.

Fortunately, this group of enemies were the local defenders of Houjin, and their discipline was not so strict.Zhu Youjian and more than 20 men have secretly approached the enemy's camp.

The most elite imperial guards who are close to the emperor still have a certain degree of confidence in this kind of sneak attack tactics for ordinary soldiers.

"Did you see it? Their guns are in the battalion, and there are patrolling soldiers all around." Zhu Youjian squatted on the ground and searched the front carefully with binoculars.

"Ji Biao, take someone to get some clothes for Jin Bing. We will go in in three groups later, otherwise there will be too many people crowded together. One team will steal horses, and the other two teams will be responsible for bombing cannons." Zhu Youjian After thinking about it, I can only touch the camp.

Fortunately, Jin Bing’s ordinary military uniform has a special feature, which is a big pot helmet hat. The Ming army only needs to keep a strand of hair braided, and then use the pot helmet hat to buckle. Anyway, the parents’ ones are the same.

There is a trick to touch the enemy's barracks. You can't touch the barracks when the enemy is sorting out the barracks and completely asleep.

There are two best times to sneak into the enemy camp: one is when the enemy is about to sleep; the other is the darkest time when the sky is about to dawn.

The enemy army is organizing the camp. Even if you sneak in, you will be exposed soon. Everyone else is working, but you are dangling around. If you are not a spy, who is?

The camp is completely quiet, and it's too abnormal for a group of you to wander in it.

The time of Zhu Youjian's election was when the Houjin soldiers were going to sleep.

"Hey, stop. What are you doing?" An officer found a group of people from Zhu Youjian's side walking around in the camp.