Lord of Ming Dynasty

"I am in charge of the Musketeer Battalion, the Personal Guard Cavalry Battalion, and the Chinese Army. Tang Dianfeng, your third battalion is with the Chinese Army. The camp guards are entrusted to you."

"It's my lord." Everyone took the order and left.

At this time, Liu Guoxuan and Yu Xing came to Zhang Qiang's side together, and Zheng Tai, the leading general who surrounded Chixian City, followed them.

In the curling morning mist, the cannons piled up on the coast were like terrifying statues, which made Zheng Chenggong's future colleagues take a breath of air after seeing the scene clearly.

They are pirates and sea merchants. They rely on the sea to eat and sail to attack the enemy's sailors. The main weapons they eat are cannons and swords in their hands. They know more about cannons and muskets than people on the mainland.

Previously, Zhang Qiang didn’t ask people to unload these cannons in Zeelandia City. After all, the time was short. Zhang Qiang wanted to figure out the situation, discussed with Zheng Chenggong, and then unloaded the ship. Unexpectedly, he got Chixian City to unload the ship and fought. .

"What a big cannon, a lot of cannons, it looks much better than our cannons at first glance, the governor is really powerful." Yu Xing opened his mouth wide and let out admiration from the heart.

"My lord, have you never mentioned this gun before?" Zheng Tai and Zhang Qiang have had a lot of contact and have met several times, so they speak more casually. Besides, what is their qualifications? Where are you playing with mud?

Liu Guoxuan also opened his eyes wide. He was so surprised that he didn't know how to comment. It took him a while to say, "My lord, why didn't you sell us these cannons before?"

"Hehe," Zhang Qiang laughed without saying a word. The US emperors know that they use their most advanced weapons for themselves, and they rarely use them. They won't sell them to allies until the next generation comes out. Even if they are sold to allies, they will still be castrated. Things, how could he sell his latest and most powerful cannon to Zheng Chenggong and the others?

Although the muskets he sold to Zheng Chenggong and the others were new, the barrels were also cut off, so that the bullets they fired were 20 meters closer than the bullets fired by Zhang Qiang's army, which was equivalent to the guns made by the Portuguese themselves. The data.

As for the artillery, what Zhang Qiang sold to Zheng Chenggong was the artillery captured by the Qing army and the Ming army, the Portuguese and the Dutch. They were all old and worn-out cannons. When it is [-]% new, it will become a new cannon, and even sell the new cannon to Zheng Chenggong.

Maybe these cannons have never been fired, maybe these cannons have fired dozens of shells, maybe a hundred shells, and the quality is extremely unstable. Anyway, the price is not high, so Zhang Qiang treats them as waste products.

This income earned Zhang Qiang several 10 taels of silver.

Two-thirds of his financial income comes from this area, because there is really no industry worth taking out in Zhejiang, and he is not another traveler, he can make glass, some luxury goods, and can make all kinds of things. He is a migrant worker. The level of education is low, and they can't produce too advanced things.

If Francois hadn't been captured and Sebastian had been captured, his guns might have needed to be seized and purchased. If these things hadn't been available for sale, his Jinhua Rebel territory would have had financial problems. Not many, the number is increasing, the army needs to eat and pay, these are big expenses.

"I brought four 3-pound cannons this time. One is a counterfeit 200 taels of silver. It has a range of 550 meters and an effective range of [-] meters. It can tear down a house and is specially used to tear down the city wall."

"The 6000-pound cannon, six pieces, one cost 500 taels of silver, the range is 630 meters, and the effective range is 5 meters. Like the [-]-pound cannon, it is used to demolish houses and enemy walls. It can be loaded on a big ship and used to hit enemy ships, but it should be noted that ordinary ships, even large Fuchuan, need to strengthen the deck, otherwise one shot can shatter the ship, so this kind of cannon can only be installed on For the bow or stern of a large ship, only two doors can be installed on a large ship, and when firing, they must be fired in sequence, and the firing interval should preferably be every [-] minutes."

"The 800-pound cannon, eight pieces, was dismantled from the ship, with a range of 80 meters and an effective range of 300 meters. It is mainly used for naval warfare. It can be installed on large Fuchuan. It is also the bow and stern, which must be specially reinforced. Hull, but it is recommended to fire as close as 3 meters to the enemy during naval battles, one shot will at least seriously injure the enemy, one shot every three minutes, and the cost is 8000 taels of silver per ship."

"500-pound guns, twelve guns, you should have seen this on the walls of the Dutch, or on ships, large warships generally use this, put it in the bottom warehouse, the range is 900 meters, and the effective range is 100 meters To a distance of 500 meters, it is specially used for naval battles. During naval battles, it is generally fired at a distance of 1 meters, and the hit rate is not high. The shooting time is about one and a half. The cost is [-] taels of silver per door."

"The 24-pound gun, 500 pieces, is common. Like the Hongyi cannon, it weighs a thousand pounds. It is the main firepower output cannon of the Dutch and Portuguese. However, it is generally rare on small warships or armed merchant ships. The main artillery of the Thai-Western medium-sized warships is about three or four battleships, with a range of 700 meters and an effective range of 300 meters. Generally, they fire at a distance of 500 meters, and can hit at 8000 meters. But the hit rate is extremely low, and the cost is [-] taels of silver per door."

Zhang Qiang proudly introduced his artillery to Liu Guoxuan and the others.

"Good stuff, good stuff, but it's a bit more expensive." Yu Xing opened his mouth wide and stretched his neck to look at the cannons that the Jinhua Rebels were fiddling with.

"With this sharp weapon, Chixian City can be broken." Liu Guoxuan immediately thought of the matter of attacking the city.

"My lord, is this cannon for sale?" Zheng Tai wanted to get such a cannon.

"Hey, with such a thick cannon barrel, two people can probably sleep in it." A person who followed Liu Guoxuan and the others said looking at the cannon in surprise.

And another general looked at the long Jinhua Rebel Army musket on his back, "The gun is also a good gun, better than ours."

Zhang Qiang ignored their surprise and words, and said to Liu Guoxuan and Zheng Tai: "Let's go to your camp and discuss when to attack the city."

He just doesn't discuss these cannons and weapons with them, making others envious is what a traveler should do.

2 chapters of civil engineering work, digging under the nose of the enemy

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To attack a city, of course you must know the enemy's situation, especially the situation of the enemy's artillery.

Zhang Qiang took his generals and Zheng Tai and Zheng Chenggong's people around Chixian City.

Like the city of Zeelandia, the enemy is at a high place, our side is at a low place, and the terrain is not good for us.

Moreover, Chixian City is close to the sea, and there are some coast defense coastal artillery, about ten forts. According to the analysis of the artillery shells fired by the enemy, the coastal defense artillery is about [-] pounds. Many technologies and cannons can only be transported from distant Europe, so most of the cannons are dismantled from the ship, and they are not beyond the range of Zhang Qiang's firepower. Except for the terrain factor, everyone's level is actually the same.

Oh, by the way, there is also the quality of shooters. Western gunners are probably better than Eastern gunners. Of course, this is relatively speaking. In fact, the current Western gunners are actually illiterate and barbaric skilled gunners. Mathematician gunners are still very few.

The caliber is the same, the enemy occupies the geography, and the shells fired from high places have the bonus of terrain factors, and the range is farther than Zhang Qiang's cannons.

Here in Chixian City, what Zheng Tai and the others are doing is not much better than that in Zeelandia City. There are [-] elite soldiers besieged here. This is relatively speaking. They are all old pirates, and there are not many fighters on land. , Most of them are some civilians. They dig trenches around, build walls, camps, guide the water of the moat to the other side, fill up the moat, approach the enemy's parapet, and use cannon fodder to attack the enemy's parapet again and again.

The enemy's counterattack was not as fierce as that of Zeelandia City. Most of the parapets were knocked down, but the enemy simply withdrew to the city and relied on the tall and large walls to defend the city.

The city walls are all made of stone, and compared to the Chinese city walls, the Dutch castles are tall and compact, with extremely high defense. The diamond-shaped fortress leaves no room for the enemy to take advantage of.

Most of the trees and hills around the castle were leveled, and there was nothing to use. Standing on the castle, the enemy could see everything within a radius of several miles, and the cannons could even commandeer and ravage the opponent.

Like Zeelandia, the Zheng army here still lost a lot of cannons, and many broken boards of ships can be seen on the beach on the sea. It is estimated that Zheng Chenggong wanted to attack the castle from the sea.

Turning around Chixian City, Tang Dianfeng was worried, and whispered to Zhang Qiang in a very embarrassed voice: "My lord, this Dutchman is too shrewd, the surroundings are wide and bright, and he doesn't even give us a chance, how can he attack us?" ?”

Zhang Qiang smiled and said nothing. It seems that the enemy is very smart, but no matter how smart the enemy is, it is impossible to be without flaws. Most of the enemy's city walls are arranged in a diamond shape, which seems to be extremely defensive. In fact, due to the limited terrain and compact structure, the enemy's artillery It is impossible to place too many, in fact, the firepower on each side is not very sufficient, especially now that there are no flowering ammunition, only solid ballistics.

A dozen blooming bullets are one piece, and the damage is range damage, while the solid bullet is one piece. As long as it is not in a line, the enemy's shells will hit the enemy on the open ground, and it will cost a lot.

And your own side is the siege side, you can choose any place in the open space to attack.

Liu Guoxuan also looked worried, "Your Excellency, although we have larger artillery than the enemy and have a longer range than the enemy, the enemy can offset the advantage of your artillery's range by virtue of the terrain. What should we do?"

"Haha, just wait and see. General Tang, order our captive soldiers to work. Dig a trench for me from the surrounding area of ​​Zheng Jun's siege to the enemy's castle three miles away. The trench should be wide and zigzag. When the three miles are reached, dig horizontally. The excavated trench must be able to move the width of a [-]-pound cannon inside, and the depth should be about two meters.

Zhang Qiang said nonchalantly to Tang Dian, who was in charge of the militia and captive soldiers.

"Yes, my lord," Tang Dianfeng accepted the order happily.

"Also, don't really dig from ten miles away, dig from here." Zhang Qiang pointed to the topographic map just drawn and said to Tang Dianfeng.

In the southwestern corner of the city, there is a cliff on the coast. The enemy did not destroy it. It is about five miles away from here. Originally, there was an enemy's coastal defense fort here, but the army besieged the city. Coastal Defense Fort.

Although the terrain here is high, there is still a big difference in height from the Chixian Castle built by the enemy on the top of the mountain.

Maybe it is a high place for the sea, but for the monster Chixian City, the coastal defense fortress is actually seven or eight meters lower than Chixian City, and it is far away. Once the attacker attacks from land, the coastal defense fortress can be attacked from behind. The enemy broke through, so the enemy abandoned this place and retreated to Chixian City.