Xinshun 1730

Chapter 74 The boring before the gorgeous finale
Since the emperor wants to pretend to be beeping in front of his own people and outsiders, of course Liu Yu will not continue to show his presence in a foolish manner.

I can hide as far as I can, I feel that I can't hide from the ground, and I have gone to the sky.

With the binoculars in hand, the hot air balloon flew high, and the artillery configuration of the Russian army in the bastion was clearly seen.

A total of seven cannons with a slightly larger caliber were still hidden at this time and had not been fired.It is estimated that they want to hide and use it when attacking the city in melee, causing more damage.

It can be seen that after the hot air balloon flew up, the Russian artillery began to fill the gunpowder in a hurry.

They knew that it was useless to hide at this time, and they would definitely be destroyed. It would be better to defeat one siege cannon before it was destroyed.

The artillery position that Liu Yu chose for the siege cover was in the shape of a concave moon as a whole. The best gunners in the Beijing camp operated the artillery, and what Liu Yu was waiting for was the deployment of the Russian artillery after observation.

Taking advantage of the observation advantage of the hot air balloon, the priority is to destroy the artillery of the Russian army, which is the first step in the siege.

Under the hot air balloon, Du Feng, Mantou, etc., who were selected by the emperor as "No Riding at Night", pretended to be following the emperor's orders according to the previous investigation and deployment, but in fact they followed Liu Yu's advance deployment and led people to prepare Insert the landmark flag as the excavation tunnel into the prescribed position.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp, who had put on French military uniforms, pretended to be grandiose, and "pointed the country" right under the noses of the Russians, and from time to time they took out their binoculars to observe and make pointing appearances.

The gypsy musicians recruited by Liu Yu were not idle either, and they were playing the "New Dynasty Gagaku" that made the Russians have headaches and brought tears to their eyes - Ottoman Turkish military songs and Mechtel's classic repertoire: CEDDIN DEDEN .

For a moment, the Raksha people in the city saw the weirdest scene they could imagine.

The hot air balloon was floating in the sky, and all his actions were clearly seen by the enemy.

The blue iris flag of the French royal family, the French royal military flag with three irises and a crown on the white iris curtain, and a group of French military officers are pointing in the distance.

A band in gypsy costumes is playing the military song of the Janissaries.Some Cossacks who participated in the third Russo-Turkish war were already trembling with fright when they heard this military song, and dared not recall the nightmare of that year.In the battle more than ten years ago, Russia was beaten and lost the mouth of the Don River in Crimea, and the Turkish Guards launched charges again and again accompanied by such military music.

The commanders in the city were even more stunned.

A sacrilegious alliance across Europe and Asia?
France, Turkey, and China, the three biggest enemies in Russia's three strategic directions have formed an alliance?
The devout Catholics, the believers who broke Constantinople, the Confucian emperor who believed in everything and nothing... In order to oppose the final glory of Orthodox Church, they concluded an unbreakable alliance?

Many Cossacks have already begun to cross their chests, and some people pointed at the hot air balloon floating in the air like crazy and shouted: "This is the apocalypse! The apocalypse! The doomsday apocalypse!"

While they were shouting, the first wave of shelling began below the city.

At the same time as the bombardment, Du Feng Mantou and others held the flag, galloped on horseback, planted the flag at the turn of the Z-shaped trench according to the predetermined position, and divided the entire front to be excavated into dozens of parts.

The heavy earth trucks used to stop the stray bullets of lead bullets began to be in place, and the veterans who had followed Liu Yu to dig holes in the east were dispersed into various pit-digging teams.

Dozens of boxes of blinding silver were thrown to the front of the battle: Your Majesty has ordered that digging up one foot, one or two taels of silver, settlement on the same day, no credit owed!The one who digs the most every day will be rewarded with twelve taels.

The Xunwei, who didn't like the thousand taels of silver at all, or dared not embezzle the thousand taels of silver under the eyes of the emperor, was standing next to the silver in brocade uniforms.

After Liu Yu confirmed that there were only seven cannons in the city, and that the hot air balloon observation was enough to defeat the Russian artillery within two days, the first trench he chose was only 250 meters away from the bastion wall.

Under the cover of earth trucks and encouraged by Baihuahuayin, the dispersed teams of more than 80 four members broke out at an astonishing digging speed.

If you dig a zhang, you can get one or two taels of silver. A team of four can dig at least one zhang a day.Of course, this opportunity to make a fortune under the eyes of the emperor will not be let go.

The woven wicker baskets were filled with soil, and a defensive position was piled up in front of the trench. The mobilized gunners were already in place to prevent the Russian army from going out of the city to counterattack.

Seeing that the siege below was proceeding in an orderly manner, Liu Yu signaled the people below to pull the rope, and he wanted to go down.

They replaced it with someone else, and continued to observe the deployment of the Rakshasa artillery in the city.

Liu Yu squatted in a well-dug hole on the front line, bored.

Siege warfare is so boring.

The key is that I can't talk nonsense at this time, it's best not to fart one more.

This battle was directed by the emperor himself, not Liu Yu.He, Liu Yu, only served as an honorary staff officer for a while, and after His Majesty's sage judged it to be useful, he modified a few "key points" with the imperial pen, and then sent an order to the whole army.

The key to this, Liu Yu thought very clearly.

As a result, he was very embarrassed before the battle.

He can't go to the front-line commander, for fear of being "unreasonably associated" by interested people.

He is not qualified to drink with the emperor and Khalkha Mongolian nobles later.

The emperor was reluctant to rush to the front line.

They ate and watched by themselves, standing guard on both sides of the emperor like other guards, and the emperor gave Liu Yu a special favor not to go.

Hiding and sleeping is not enough, people have to watch him Liu Yu not commanding, instead of hiding behind the emperor's back as an aide, so that no one can chew their tongues.

Liu Yu, who was bored to a certain extent, could only catch grasshoppers everywhere on the grassland. After crushing them to death, he would find ant nests and watch the ants eat the grasshoppers for fun.

The only advantage is that he can "use power for personal gain" and arrange some good jobs for some of his acquaintances, enough to be promoted after the war when meritorious service is rewarded.

Groundhog-like tactics, it doesn't look intense at all.

The cannon went off for five days, and no one was killed or even injured in Dashun.

With the help of hot air balloons, the artillery in the city has been completely suppressed; the deployment of the first ditch has been completed; the close-range artillery emplacements close to the first ditch have also been dug; under the silver reward, the contracted responsibility system digging team overnight Digging the pit, the Z-shaped trench has been extended to a close enough distance, and has even begun to dig a second trench as a rallying point for the attack.

On the high platform, the emperor also drank wine with those Mongolian nobles for five days, watched drama, singing and dancing, and Shaanxi shadow puppetry for five days.

At this time, the Mongolian nobles didn't quite understand the benefits of this siege tactic, and they didn't have the slightest respect for the emperor's command. They just thought that digging holes like rats could kill the Rakshasa people?These Han people have too many guns and guns, and they seem to lack some blood when fighting.

Knowing that Liu Yu had prepared a grand curtain call for that Rakshasa Castle, the emperor was not in a hurry, and still drank with the nobles and Mongolian nobles every day.

In the evening, it really started to get busy.Constantly sending people to urge and ask.

When will the elephants and lions transported from the capital arrive?
The Raksha captives escorted by Han Duoliwei taught them to kneel down and shout the slogan "Long live the emperor, long live, long live", have they learned it?

Has the Russian Brigadier General’s dress according to Hannibal’s dictation been finished?

Liu Yu was bored, and so was the emperor.

He had never seen a war like this.

Liu Yu wrote tens of thousands of words of accident handling plans, none of which had a chance to be used.

The Raksha people just stayed in the castle. After attacking once, they were beaten back by the musketeers and elite hand-to-hand fighters deployed in front, and they have been squatting obediently since then.

The number of casualties is reported every day. The emperor wants to show benevolence, so go and visit. No one was killed or injured for several days in a row.

Looking at this posture, Liu Yu's previous military order was 25 days, but now it seems that he can win it in fifteen or sixteen days at most.

After the second trench was dug, the Raksha people finally sent people to stand firm on the protective slope outside the bastion, preparing to use the huge damage in this section to strive for a decent surrender that kept personal belongings.

Even this one, however, is a terribly boring battle.

The artillery deployed in the first trench gun position, after adjusting the muzzle inclination and reducing the charge, blasted towards the slope.

The bouncing iron ball hit the slope and flew around, all in Brownian motion.

It was because of some direct-firing cannons that the effect of curved shooting was achieved. Those Raksha people guarding the protective slope only guarded for a day, and then all ran back.

The slope was unguarded, and the artillery began to routinely bombard the convex position of the bastion every day to cover the infantry.

The infantry carried branches, soil, and earthen baskets, and under the cover of artillery, it took only one day to fill up the moat, and the entire bastion was within easy reach.

On the tenth day, the elite melee soldiers preparing for the final siege had assembled at the attack point of the second trench.

Die Ziying has also finished digging the tunnel for the gunpowder. In order to prevent the power of the gunpowder from being dispersed, the tunnel presents a "匚" shape.As early as when Liu Yu came to investigate, he dug a hole and knew that the groundwater was very deep.

In order to let the Mongolian tribe see the shocking effect, and also to give this bastion a magnificent curtain call, a full four thousand catties of gunpowder was buried in the tunnel, and the final closure has been completed.

Now, just wait for the emperor's final order.

No. On the night of the 13th day, the emperor finally got the good news he wanted.

Elephants and lions will arrive tomorrow.

The Raksha captives in Handoliwei have also learned to shout long live, and the Russian brigadier general's uniform cut according to Hannibal's dictation has also been finished, and they are waiting to perform a "Beidi surrender" drama in front of the emperor.

The next day, the emperor changed into a military uniform uncharacteristically.

The Mongolian aristocrats who thought it was normal to watch the lively Shaanxi shadow puppets and women dancing noticed something strange, and they didn't know why.

The emperor said a word in Mongolian.

"There is no singing and dancing today. However, wine can still be served. What is more suitable for drinking on the grassland than the blood and fear of the enemy?"

After calmly pretending to beep, he waved his hand lightly, and the Xunwei beside him waved the big flag in his hand.

front.

The officer who checked the fuse one last time lit the fuse.

The elite hand-to-hand infantry who had been waiting for several days in the attack position all squatted on the ground, and were strictly forbidden to lean against the pit wall, with their hands tightly pressed to their ears, and their mouths slightly opened.

rear.

The prisoner offering team, counting the time, was doing the final "dress rehearsal", and the elephants and lions, which are highly symbolic in Buddhism, were also fed.The silk, porcelain, brocade, and even sugar cane and grapefruit transported thousands of miles from the south to be rewarded to the Mongolian nobles were also full of carts.The leader, Xungui, took out his western pocket watch, stared at the time on it, and prepared to finish the last leg of the journey at the scheduled time.

(End of this chapter)