Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Send dead soldiers to send letters to the imperial court and Jinling, asking them to rescue us. At the same time, let King Dingnan lead his troops to come quickly." Adai thought for a while.

Azig nodded, "That's the only way to go, otherwise my two brothers will be buried here."

Outside the city, the night wind was blowing, and the sound of horseshoes repeated itself, sealing off the entire city of Raozhou Prefecture like an iron barrel.

When the sun rose, the Huaxia Army began to be busy again. Teams of soldiers drove out of the camp to clean up the battlefield and carry the corpses. Under surveillance, they continued to move corpses on the battlefield, dig pits to bury people, and bury horses.

Du Ge, who fell asleep at dawn, woke up, ate some food, and started his day's work.

The captives need to be sent to Quzhou Mansion in the rear, but Quzhou Mansion is not the end point. The end point is the hard labor camp and prisoner-of-war camp set up by Jinhua Mansion.

The Jinhua Rebel Army only set up prisoner-of-war camps and labor camps in two places, one in Jinhua Prefecture and the other in Taizhou Prefecture. Of course, the closest to Raozhou Prefecture is the prisoner-of-war camp and labor camp in Jinhua Prefecture.

No need to look, the Mongols and Manchurian Jurchens must have been sent to the hard labor camp. With the establishment of the Huaxia Army, as time went by, the previous battles and several internal settlements and rectifications sent them to the hard labor camp. The prisoners who performed well were promoted to prisoner-of-war camps, and those who performed poorly were diverted to other mines and construction sites. Now the hard labor camps in Jinhua Prefecture and Taizhou Prefecture have almost become empty camps. Of the 4 people, more than 2 of them could be sent to hard labor camps. For the first time after the reorganization of the Huaxia Army, there were sufficient free human resources.

With the passage of time, as the Jinhua Rebel Army was reorganized into the Huaxia Army, with the stability of society, the development of technology, and the prosperity of commerce, the core area of ​​the Huaxia Army began to extend outward. In the words of the US military, it is our green zone. It can be expanded. Originally, Wenzhou Prefecture and Jianning Prefecture were only light green areas, but now they are qualified to become dark green areas.

The dark green zone means an area that is absolutely safe and stable, without danger, and can be regarded as a core area, an economically developed area.

The light green zone means that a large number of troops are required to be stationed, and there are still potential dangers that have not been eradicated.

The yellow zone is an area that needs to patrol, be vigilant, and garrison combat troops to deal with the enemy's impact, and sometimes the enemy's attack, as a military fortress area, to protect the security of the core area and economic area.

In fact, Jinhua Mansion is not far from the garrison area of ​​the Qing army, so Jinhua Mansion is not a dark green area. The dark green area is in Xianju County. This is why Zhang Qiang put a large amount of industrial base in Xianju County. reason.

But Jinhua Mansion has always been stationed with the most elite troops, has a large number of troops, and is also the administrative center of the Jinhua Rebel Army, so it can only be set as a light green area, while Quzhou Mansion is set as a red area, because this may be the prelude to the war. You may be attacked by the enemy at any time.

Today, the Jinhua Rebels want to turn Quzhou Prefecture into a yellow zone, Raozhou Prefecture into a red zone, and deepen the color and security level of Jinhua Prefecture, Chuzhou Prefecture, and Jianning Prefecture.

But now Raozhou Prefecture is not a red zone, but a combat zone. Therefore, the red zone of Quzhou Prefecture cannot become a yellow zone, so many prisoners still need to be sent to Jinhua Prefecture for resettlement.

The journey is a bit far away, so Du Ge's militia troops need the whole army to escort these captives back. At the same time, as soon as the soldiers killed and wounded in this battle need to be resettled, the 1st and 2nd brigades need to send troops to escort them back.

Then transport ammunition, artillery shells, weapons and equipment, food and grass back from Quzhou Prefecture, and replenish soldiers. This time at least [-] recruits are needed.

Because in the course of such a big battle, facing the enemy's 1000 troops, the Huaxia Army, which has only 3000 troops, still suffered a lot of damage. At least more than [-] soldiers were killed, more than [-] soldiers were injured, and nearly [-] soldiers , Some soldiers who suffered damage to the troops due to retreat or mistakes have to be sent back, rebuilt, or retired.

There are still more than 3000 militiamen who need to be sent back for resettlement. They can only contribute once, and then they can go back. After all, they are not soldiers, and they don’t need to contribute too much. They just need to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. Invading territory, you can have the courage to take up weapons to fight against the enemy, delay the enemy's footsteps, buy time for the arrival of the garrison, or be able to cooperate with the garrison to defend the city and attack the enemy.

The militia belongs to the rotation system. This time, there are hundreds of dead militiamen, hundreds of injured militiamen, and militiamen who need to go back. Those militiamen who have not fought need to stay for enough time or go to the hospital once. Only the battlefield can be rotated back, and the militia from other places can be replaced.

In this way, the strength of the Huaxia Army was reduced to just over [-], and the gap between the strength of the Qing Army and the Qing Army was reduced from three to four times to more than doubled.

But no one thought about what to do next, and did what they thought they should do step by step.

Because Raozhou Mansion and Guangxin Mansion are still too far away, the Huaxia Army has no idea that Kong Youde, the most famous traitor in the Ming Dynasty in history, is leading an army of [-] troops to the border of Raozhou Mansion to reunite with the defeated General Tan Tai. , Then prepare to rescue the besieged Qing army Baylor, Prince Heshuo Azig and other Qing troops.

While Du Ge was busy with logistics, Zhang Qiang also woke up from his sleep, and while eating breakfast, he listened to Hu Kui and Feng Wuyu's report.

Now the two sides are like two football teams playing a half-time game. They are resting in the locker room, and then adjust their deployment, waiting for the fierce battle again in the second half.

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Chapter 295 Siege - Artillery Battle 1

Facing Zhang Qiang who was eating breakfast, Hu Kui said: "Governor, we chased the enemy for more than 3000 miles last night, killed more than 800 enemies, captured 23 Han soldiers from the green camp of the Qing army, and recovered [-] villages. , one county seat, five small towns, and three large towns, the soldiers are currently stationed on the outskirts, and they are going to continue to work hard today to wipe out the remnants of the Qing army in other areas of Raozhou Prefecture."

Zhang Qiang nodded without stopping, and said with Weng Sheng: "Okay, you go back now, send a small number of militiamen to escort the prisoners back, and hand them over to Du Ge to deal with. The remaining soldiers will continue to attack other counties and villages in Raozhou Prefecture. We must recover this mansion as soon as possible.”

Then he turned his head and said to Feng Wuyu: "Your soldiers patrolled all night last night, rested in the morning, and went to surround Raozhou Prefecture in the afternoon. There are not enough manpower. The transfer of people inside must make it impossible for even a bird to fly out of Raozhou Prefecture."

Feng Wuyu said: "Governor, aren't we going to attack the city today? It sounds like you want to besiege Raozhou Prefecture for a long time. Is that okay? The battle will come sooner."

Zhang Qiang wiped his mouth with a towel and took a sip of tea, "Our goal is not to just take down a capital city in Raozhou, but to completely wipe out the main force of the Qing army in the southeast generation who can fight us, and to spare the Qing army in the entire south." The army must at least weaken their combat troops, let them continue to dispatch troops from the north to fight, and consume them to death. The Ming Dynasty is so big, and there are so many righteous fighters against the Qing Dynasty. Once all the troops are transferred to us, the rebels in other places will Taking advantage of the opportunity to grow stronger, we can use a decisive battle to establish our future status and foundation, making the Manchu Qing unable to fight us for several years."

Hu Kui and Feng Wuyu looked at each other and shouted at the same time: "The governor is wise."

Zhang Qiang looked up at them contemptuously, and said in a deep voice, "Go away, when did you learn to be like those pedantic officials in the Ming Dynasty, or like those servile Han dogs in the Qing Dynasty?"

After finishing talking with Hu Kui and Feng Wuyu, Zhang Qiang inspected the various camps of the Guards Brigade.

And Azige and Adai led a group of generals from the Qing army to the city wall to observe the Huaxia army outside the city. Flying the Venus red flag, teams of Huaxia troops wore blue uniforms and lined up for three miles at the gate of the city. In addition, behind them, countless civilians and militiamen, as well as some engineers and heavy soldiers were sweating profusely, digging trenches.

There are countless triangular horse pits, and the terrain is used to dig horse pits. The criss-cross trenches cooperate with the horse traps, and the ground three miles away from the gate of Raozhou Prefecture is full of holes and ups and downs. Uncertain, it became a nightmare for the Qing army.

This kind of project is still extending to both sides, making full use of the terrain to form a strong fortification area. Each fortification area is arranged with no less than ten six-pounders, three nine-pounders, and two twelve-pounders. The forts of the cannons, behind these areas, strong fortresses are being built one after another. The forts are often built one mile behind the fortification area, on the top of the hills, in the area with a wide view, and just right at the weak point of the fortification area.

The faces of Azig and Adai became extremely ugly.

This is the rhythm of besieging the Qing army.

Azige asked Adai, "Has the messenger for help been sent?"

A Dai said: "We sent out ten waves in total, mobilized a thousand cavalry, divided into ten groups, and attacked on all sides. The accurate news is that three groups were wiped out, two groups were injured and retreated, and there were still five groups left. The news disappeared in the field of vision, and then sent out, the courier who ran for a long distance could not be seen, there was no trace of fighting on the road, and it is estimated that at least two or three couriers broke out."

Azige nodded, "No news is good news. If there is a way to connect with the outside world, then the court troops in other places will know about it, but they don't know that Kong Youde, King of Dingnan, has made peace with General Tan Tai of Zhengnan. No, how long did it take them to get here?"

Adai said: "If it goes well, it will probably take four days. If it doesn't go well, it will take seven days to half a month. With a [-] army, no Ming army can stop them all. For the Huaxia army, it is possible. Other Ming troops It is estimated that they would not even dare to touch such a powerful imperial army."

"Okay, here we can't make it easy for the Huaxia army. In order to delay their encirclement, we sent troops out to harass them in turn today, and let the red cannons on the city wall blow them up. Don't make it easy for them."

"But our cannons may not be able to hit them." A Dai said.

"The red-clothed cannon fired for ten miles, even if there is no, there must be five miles. It is still on the high city, and it can be hit farther. If you beat them, there are still twelve red-clothed cannons. Every city gate Arrange three doors, call—"

"Yes, I'll go down and make arrangements for you," Adai said.

Feng Wuyu was looking at the city of Raozhou with a telescope, when he saw a flash of flames on the city wall, a loud bang suddenly exploded in his ears, and the guards around him reacted quickly, throwing him to the ground one after another.

Then the mud flew all around, the smoke was pungent, and the screams of two civilian men who were digging trenches not far behind came to his ears.

Patting the dirt on his body, spitting out the grass leaves in his mouth, Feng Wuyu got up, and the guards persuaded him one after another: "Master General, let's stay away, shells don't have eyes."

"Fart, the shells that can hit me have not yet been made. Damn Xipi, you dare to fire at me. Come on, order our artillery to fire."

The distance here is only three miles, and the farthest 12-pound gun in the back is only deployed four miles away. Although the solid shells of this era are definitely not very good at hitting the distance of a thousand meters, hitting the selected target depends entirely on luck. However, the artillery of the Huaxia Army is much higher in quality than the artillery of the Qing Army. Feng Wuyu fully believes that the artillery in the nearby fortification area can knock out the artillery on the enemy's city wall.

Of course, you can only rely on the 12-pound gun. The range of the 9-pound gun is too short, so forget about the 6-pound gun. Unless there is a siege battle, push it to a place of 600 meters and directly bomb it, otherwise it will have no strength when flying more than 1000 meters. .

So Azig did not expect that one of his decisions ushered in the unlucky moment of the Qing army on the city wall.

At this time, the Qing army, which had just fired a cannon, was working hard to reset the nearly 3-jin red cannon. This job required 5 people, using crowbars, pulling and pushing, and it took two to three minutes to complete it. Afterwards, the barrel was cleaned, the coordinates were calibrated, the charges were loaded, and it was steady, then the shells were reloaded, and the fire was ignited. Four or five minutes had passed.

The smoke from the first shot had just dissipated, the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke, and there was still a faint fog in front of my eyes. With the sound of ignition, the cannon sounded again, and three shells flew out of the muzzle and flew three miles away. The Huaxia Army ranks.

At the same time, the artillerymen of the Huaxia Army, who received the order, had already pushed the cannon into the gun position, cleaned the barrel, calibrated the coordinates, charged the powder, made sure, and loaded the shell. When the enemy's artillery fired, they were a little behind, fired, and the shells flew out one by one. The barrel of the gun hit the city wall.

The artillery shells of the Qing army smashed into the evacuated queue of the Huaxia Army who had seen the first artillery fire. Each soldier was separated by five meters. The turf and dust on the ground put some pressure on these veterans who have experienced countless bloody battles.